Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running education funding legal dispute are seeking Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal from the state Supreme Court’s pending hearing in the case. Critics object to Berger considering a case involving his father, the state Senate’s top officer.
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) sent a letter to North Carolina's Congressional delegation today calling on them to take immediate action to stop American dollars from being spent on Russian oil.
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Associate Justice Phil Berger Jr., and Associate Justice Tamara Patterson Barringer were formally installed at the Supreme Court of North Carolina today. The swearing-in ceremony was virtual due to COVID-19 precautions.
RALEIGH — The N.C. attorney general can’t keep and distribute money from a settlement over hog waste that leaked and overflowed from lagoons. A split 2-1 panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals, in an opinion issued Tuesday, Dec. 15, ruled money resulting from a settlement between Smithfield Foods and the N.C. attorney general must flow into the state treasury. The ruling effectively ends the attorney general’s hog settlement “slush fund,” says Mitch Kokai, senior political analyst for the John Locke Foundation. It could also end any similar deals in the future involving officials in the state’s executive branch.
While some of the races are still too close to call, Republicans hold leads in all statewide Judicial races that were on Tuesday
by Lindsay Marchello 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. N.C. State Fair: North Carolinanians won’t get to sample overindulgent fried foods or take a spin on
by Kari Travis Elizabeth Robinson, owner of Fairwood Lanes in Roanoke Rapids, helps at the bar during a final night of bowling on July 18. (Photo by Kari Travis) On Saturday night, Jennifer Clapton stood in a brightly lit bowling alley, watching her autistic, 22-year-old son laugh
