Rep. Keith Kidwell, a Chocowinity Republican and the bill’s main sponsor, is a vocal objector to the state mask mandate. Last year, he said from the House floor that he would not wear a mask no matter what Cooper said. Kidwell posted a photo on his Facebook page of him and other o...
And yet, through all of that, Ben Chavis was willing to come back home to North Carolina, and help the NCDP take back the state from Republican control. You see, and think about this…Democrats don’t necessarily win when blacks vote. Democrats win when blacks that don’t normally vote,...
Rep. Richard Hudson, who represents the district surrounding Fort Bragg in eastern North Carolina, is another major player to watch. Hudson had been serving in House leadership as secretary of the House Republican Conference and is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. ...
President Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site Associated PressApril 30, 2025 Trump Officials Must Report Efforts, if Any, to Return...
Republican Christian Reagan of Hayesville filed to challenge Edwards in the primary March 5. council of state Also running for re-election is Democrat North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who was first elected to the office in 1996. She told Carolina Journal if she is re-elected,...
Republican Representatives Julia Howard, a Senior Chair of the House Finance committee, John Bell, Chair of the Rules committee, and Steve Ross, Chair of the Commerce committee, joined with Democratic Leader Robert Reives to sponsor the bill that would establish a state infrastructure bank at the...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) claims it doesn’t pay much attention to State Treasurer Dale Folwell. If that’s true then there sure are a lot of strange coincidences. On July 15, Folwell called for NCDOT Secretary Eric Boyette to replace the NCDOT’s c...
It’s also an early voting location for one of the city’s overwhelmingly African-American neighborhoods—one that was almost cut from the list of sites by the Republican-led county board of elections. On the first Sunday of early voting in North Carolina, hundreds of voters stood in lin...
Ted Davis, a New Hanover County Republican, said at a news conference that also included an endorsement from state environment Secretary Elizabeth Biser. Biser said there are currently no federal drinking water standards for PFAS chemicals. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is c...
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has become the second Senate Republican to promise a vote to block President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the border with Mexico.