Election coverage, campaigns, and results
Hopkins’ remarks about accessing Flock camera data in family law cases are drawing scrutiny over how the information was obtained and used. The post NC House candidate faces scrutiny over use of Flock camera data appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The shooting happened on Sept. 13 on Kittansett Drive and left two people dead.
The collision between a deputy vehicle and a pedestrian is being investigated by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Refrigerated cargo and cargo and infrastructure investment are primary growth opportunities for NC Ports. The post NC Ports targets refrigerated cargo in 5-year growth plan appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the locations targeted either aren’t delivering acceptable financial results or can’t provide the experience Starbucks wants for customers and employees.
WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is […]
North Carolinians will choose candidates for Congress, the General Assembly and statewide courts, along with three constitutional amendments. The post Voting is underway: What’s on NC’s 2026 ballot appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The Davidson County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a man caught impersonating a law enforcement officer.
The controversial I-77 South toll lane project has officially been revived.
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, which the top Democrat on the panel called a distraction from cost-of-living issues voters are more concerned about. Republicans, vying to defend their majority in the House and Senate in the […]
The toll lane project, which has caused debate and protest, has been moved forward following financial threats from the state and a vote.
Activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm have filed a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state guidance for election officials handling mail-in ballots. The post Elias-linked groups file federal suit against NC mail-in ballot rules appeared first on Carolina Journal.
CMS board members who voted to keep Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill say they had little warning that her job would be put to a vote.
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in contraceptives limit your ability to get pregnant in the future, according to a new survey. The survey by KFF, […]
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning.
Three North Carolina nonprofit organizations and two voters are suing over new absentee ballot requirements that put votes in jeopardy of being discarded. The North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Down Home North Carolina, and two voters filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the state Board of Elections and […]
There will be much at stake in November when North Carolinians go to the polls. The state has one of the nation’s most closely-watched U.S. Senate races. A win by former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper — a Democrat matched against Michael Whatley, former chairman of the Republican National Committee — could help change the […]
Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made the case for stricter regulations of voting. The prosecution of Damon Matai Seei, of Payson, Utah, showed “voting fraud is real,” acting Deputy Attorney General […]
This fall, voters in at least nine states will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or progressive direction. Some states, such as California, will weigh whether to tax — or untax — their wealthiest residents. […]
The disgraced movie mogul, 74, faced up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting TV production assistant Miriam Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.