When regulators from the N.C. Division of Air Quality shut down Active Energy Renewable Power in Lumberton, they did so because the company was installing two pieces of equipment that would further reduce air emissions, while the state says the additional equipment was not in the original design. Supporters of the project in Lumberton tell...
Republicans are gaining slightly in positioning early in the 2022 election cycle, and the leading candidates for U.S. Senate have cause for comfort and concern, all according to a new Civitas poll conducted by the John Locke Foundation. The survey was conducted by Cygnal, May 6–8, 2021, with 600 likely 2022 general election voters. It...
Liberal activist the Rev. William Barber is loudly calling for a special prosecutor to take over the case of Andrew Brown, who was shot after Pasquotank County deputies tried to serve him with search and arrest warrants. “Inept. Incompetent. Incapable of fixing this,” said Barber in a community protest, according to the News & Observer....
In a 25-minute sermon at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Wilson, former Congressman Mark Walker looks right at home. Walker is a preacher and a preacher’s son. His sermon is faith-based, not political. He asks congregants to turn to Matthew 16:24-25: Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny...
Former N.C. State Receiver Bo Hines has filed FEC paperwork to run in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. “This is really a chance to come home,” Hines told Carolina Journal, after he decided to change his planned run for Congress from N.C.-5 to N.C.-13 instead of facing the dean of North Carolina’s congressional delegation, nine-term...
In a compelling community forum, a woman described her heartbreaking involvement with the criminal justice system before Democrat party activists across the state. During a Community Listen Forum sponsored by the N.C. Democratic Party on Tuesday evening, Dreama Caldwell described how her life changed forever when, in 2015 at age 42, she was working at...
Republican state legislators have the full backing of their voting base on three key issues now being debating at the North Carolina General Assembly. This is according to new survey results of likely 2022 GOP primary voters obtained exclusively by Carolina Journal. Large majorities of North Carolina Republican voters continue to back GOP efforts in...
Just one day after Congressman Ted Budd announced he would in fact run for the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be-open 13th Congressional District already has Republican candidates eyeing the GOP-leaning seat. Former Davidson County Commissioner Zak Crotts tells Carolina Journal he is exploring a possible run for Congress in the district. “It is something that I am...
Carolina Journal has obtained new polling results of likely voters for the 2022 Republican primary that shows former Gov. Pat McCrory in a strong position over former Congressman Mark Walker and current 13th District Congressman Ted Budd, who just announced his candidacy for the Republican primary April 28. The North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican Primary...
In a creative campaign video, highlighting a Ted Budd monster truck shown “crushing the liberal agenda,” 13th District U.S. Rep. Ted Budd entered the U.S. Senate race Wednesday morning, April 28. Budd is shown in the video driving a red “Ted Budd U.S. Senate” monster truck over three junk cars labeled “Liberal Agenda.” Carolina Journal first...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original posting to reflect that the information provided is based on data research and the writer’s analysis. North Carolina has grown large enough over the last decade to earn a 14th congressional seat, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today in a news release. That seat will...
