Freedom has multiple definitions
What does it mean to be free? Many disputes about specific issues originate from the fact that people don’t answer this question in the same way.
Constitution Party challenges NCSBE over ballot access dispute
This week the Constitution Party of North Carolina and its gubernatorial and presidential candidates spoke to media outside the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) calling for answers on their current petition for ballot access, which the NSCBE says is still under review.
June / July 2024
Spring gatherings this year have consumed much of our time, energy, and money, just as food inflation hits a 30-year high. In this issue of Carolina Journal we bring you the latest news from your state capital, but also an inside look at how political donations are flowing with just months to go until the...
Cooper vetoes mask, campaign finance bill
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that he claimed would keep voters in the dark, allowing anonymous out-of-state billionaires to flood North Carolina with campaign contributions to “extreme right-wing candidates.”
Rape-kit backlog in focus in governor’s race
A new television ad launched by the Republican Governors Association (RGA) claims the Attorney General Josh Stein “failed women” by taking years to address nearly 12 thousand untested rape kits across the state that could lead to capturing suspected sexual offenders that were yet to be identified.
Sowing Resilience Heroes: Durrant Farms
Tom and Whitney Durrant have faced some unique challenges as first-generation farmers in a post-pandemic world, and alpacas are one of their unique solutions. Durrant Farms is on 86 acres just outside of Asheville. When the Durrants purchased the farm, it was in pretty bad shape. They have rehabilitated several pastures and renovated a small apartment...
Top 12 books for your 2024 beach bag
At Carolina Journal and The John Locke Foundation, staff members can often be found on weekends with their noses in a book. There are few better smells in this world than that of ink and paper with a little salt air and sunscreen mixed in. As you hit North Carolina’s glorious beaches this year, stick a few of these in your bag for that after dinner conversation.
Judge dismisses High Point woman’s federal lawsuit over COVID protest arrest
A federal judge has dismissed a High Point woman’s lawsuit against state and Raleigh law enforcement officers connected to her arrest at a 2020 COVID shutdown protest. Monica Ussery had argued that the arrest violated her constitutional rights.
Lawmakers appeal judge’s ruling striking down abortion pill restrictions
State legislative leaders are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling striking down part of a North Carolina law restricting access to the abortion pill mifespristone. Lawmakers filed their notice of appeal Thursday, one week after the US Supreme Court rejected a separate challenge to the drug from abortion opponents working with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Hudson has questions about what DOD is doing about US military base infiltrations
Congressman Richard Hudson, R, NC-09, along with fellow Republican congressmen Pat Fallon, TX, and Jimmy Panetta, CA, are seeking answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about what the Department of Defense is doing about the recent rise in incidents of foreign nationals attempting to infiltrate US military installations or spy on military personnel across the country.
People of means have always had school choice
We've always had educational choice for those of means. All the school-choice movement is trying to do is provide those same choices to those who haven't traditionally had them.