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N.C. parents worry as formula shortage continues
Babies and their parents across the country, including North Carolina, continue to pay the price for the baby formula shortage that began months ago.
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Report sheds more light on Burr stocks
A report published by ProPublica raises new questions about stock trades involving North Carolina’s senior senator, Republican Richard Burr. According to the report: “After Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina dumped more than $1.6 million in stocks in February 2020 a week before the coronavirus market crash, he called his brother-in-law, according to a new...
Opinion
Will 2022 midterms be 1994 like tidal wave?
Conventional wisdom holds that the political party in the White House tends to lose seats in mid-term elections. Yet, 1994 turned into a proverbial bloodbath for Democrats. Tom Foley became the first U.S. House Speaker to lose his bid for re-election since the American Civil War. His defeat was part of a tidal wave election...
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Republican Congressman Ted Budd ready to enter U.S. Senate race
Multiple sources have confirmed to Carolina Journal that 13th District Congressman Ted Budd will enter the U.S. Senate race in the coming weeks. Budd will be campaigning for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Richard Burr by early summer. Several key grass-roots leaders in Budd’s 13th Congressional District confirm his entry into...
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Top 2022 GOP prospects strike different tones on Burr’s impeachment vote
As N.C. Republicans grappled with how to respond to Sen. Richard Burr’s surprise vote to convict former President Trump, the leading GOP prospects for Burr’s seat in 2022 had starkly different reactions, with sharp differences in tone. Former Congressman Mark Walker, the one announced Republican candidate seeking to replace the retiring three-term senator, was quick...
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CJ politics week in review, May 11-15
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Regulatory relief: Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an executive order granting more flexibility for the health care industry. “It’s critical that our health care professionals are able...
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CJ politics week in review, March 16-20
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Burr stock sales: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is under fire for selling as much as $1.7 million in shares of...
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More federal dollars for hurricane relief to be released soon
North Carolina may soon see $168 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery, after more than a year-long delay. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday, Aug. 2, that it will soon start releasing mitigation funds in two installments, one for states and the other for Puerto Rico and the U.S....
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Senate legislation would make it easier to sue Big Tech over political bias
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, has introduced legislation making it easier for consumers to sue big tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter for showing overt political bias. To do so, Hawley wants to remove automatic protections tech companies have under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and instead force them to...
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America on the verge of becoming energy independent, Trump official says
America is poised to become energy independent, and its allies abroad will share the economic and geopolitical benefits, a key Trump administration official says. Dan Brouillette, Department of Energy deputy secretary, made the case for free-market energy solutions, and President Donald Trump’s policy decisions Friday, May 11, during the Jesse Helms Center Foundation’s 30th anniversary lecture...
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Burr, Tillis praise Trump during lecture in Raleigh
Both of North Carolina’s U.S. senators and a member of its congressional delegation praised President Trump during their appearance at a conservative lecture series in Raleigh. U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, and U.S. Rep. David Rouzer, R-7th Congressional District, all Republicans, had a united front supporting Trump. They spoke Friday, May 11, at...
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Burr: Mueller may withhold collusion probe findings until November election
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said unwarranted attacks on CIA director nominee Gina Haspel are disgraceful, and the special counsel’s investigation into possible election collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump is a small piece of broader congressional inquiry. Burr chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which held a confirmation hearing for Haspel, and is...
