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NC Lawmakers Push State Tax Exemption For Expenses Paid With PPP Loans
By David Bass Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the North Carolina House have fast-tracked a bill that would allow businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans from…
Rouzer Co-sponsors Constitutional Amendment To Prevent Court Packing
Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC) released the following statement upon the House introduction of Representative Mike Gallagher’s (WI-08) constitutional amendment that would prevent court packing by capping the size of the…
Former Governor McCrory Announces Run For U.S. Senate
By Dallas WoodhouseCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — In a video attacking the Biden-Harris administration for open borders and proposed tax increases, on Wednesday morning former N.C. Governor Pat McCrory…
Republicans Use Democrats’ Words Against Them As Voter ID Case Continues
By John Trump Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — During day two of a trial in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law, Senate Republicans highlighted supportive comments uttered…
NC House Files Firefighters Fighting Cancer Act Of 2021
RALEIGH – State House lawmakers Rep. Destin Hall (R-Caldwell), Rep. John Bell (R- Wayne), Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln), and Rep. Jon Hardister (R- Guilford) have filed HB 535 Firefighters Fighting…
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Seriously Considering Run For U.S. Senate
By Dallas WoodhouseCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, is thinking seriously about a run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and plans to announce his…
House Committee Set To Debate Bill Fully Reopening Bars, Restaurants
By John Trump Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A House Judiciary committee is scheduled Tuesday, April 13, to take up a bill that would fully reopen bars and restaurants, as long…
Republican Lawmakers Defend N.C. Voter ID Law In Court
By John Trump Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Three years after the N.C. electorate decided to add a voter identification requirement to the state constitution, Republican lawmakers are defending voter ID…
Former Gov. Pat McCrory Plans To Announce U.S. Senate Run
By Dallas Woodhouse Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Former N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday, April 14, plans to announce on his radio show he will immediately enter the race for…
Cooper Signs Measures To Address Effects Of Pandemic On Students
By John TrumpCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, April 9, signed two bills into law designed to help students who lost more than a year of in-person…
State Senators Move To Make Nonprofit Donor Names Private
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A new bill supported by influential N.C. senators would protect the confidentiality of donors to nonprofit organizations and charities. Senate Bill 636 would prevent…
Republican Congressman Ted Budd Ready To Enter U.S. Senate Race
By Dallas WoodhouseCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — 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…
