North Carolina Politics & News
North Carolina news from The Daily Signal with reporting on state elections, legislative battles, education reform, and the Tar Heel State’s role as a crucial swing state.
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NBA’s Threatening North Carolina Is Textbook Cultural Cronyism
Big business has stomped into another state, trying to impose the values of the cultural left. This time, a governor who dared to stand up for responsible policy is being targeted by big business’ bullying over bathrooms. At issue is H.B. 2, a bill North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law last week after it… -
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North Carolina Lawmakers Brace for Bathroom Fight
The country’s latest culture war has shifted to North Carolina in recent weeks, where lawmakers are engaged in a tense debate over whether or not transgender people should be given full, unrestrained access to bathrooms that correspond with their preferred gender identity instead of their biological sex. The issue arose last Monday, when the Charlotte… -
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Fight Over North Carolina Election Rules Shows Obama Will Stop at Nothing to Win Elections
The recently concluded federal trial over North Carolina’s election rules proved one thing beyond a reasonable doubt: The Obama administration and its partisan, big-money, racial-interest-group allies will stop at nothing to win elections. And using the courts to change election rules is a key part of their strategy. That was clearly evident in the federal… -
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Home in North Carolina, Mark Meadows Reflects on Move to Oust John Boehner With ‘No Regrets’
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA—The man who made the move to overthrow House Speaker John Boehner is back home now, shaking the hands of war veterans. He grips the hands for so long, it’s like he is holding on for dear life. As much as he is there for them, to reassure the veterans that their benefits… -
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IRS Returns $107,000 It Took From North Carolina Convenience Store Owner
More than a month after dismissing a case involving a Fairmont, N.C., convenience store owner, the federal government returned the more than $100,000 it took from him last year. But the government still refuses to pay the lawyers’ fees and expenses that the store owner is entitled to. According to documents filed in federal court… -
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GOP Chief Deputy Whip Accuses N.C. Colleague of ‘Siding With Democrats’
Rep. Mark Meadows lost his chairmanship of a House subcommittee when he bucked party leadership last week. Now he’s taking fire from a neighboring North Carolina Republican. During an interview Wednesday on WHKY Talk Radio, GOP Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry accused his North Carolina colleague of “siding with Democrats” when Meadows voted against a… -
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Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina Appeal to Revive Mandatory Ultrasounds for Women Who Want an Abortion
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from North Carolina state officials attempting to restore a state law requiring doctors to conduct ultrasounds and describe the fetuses to women wanting an abortion. The court’s refusal left intact an appeals court decision deeming the law unconstitutional under the First Amendment for violating doctors’ free speech rights. The North… -
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N.C. Legislature Overrides Veto, Allows Government Employees to Not Do Gay Marriages
Earlier today, the North Carolina House voted to override the veto of S.B. 2, a bill that protects the religious liberty of civil servants in that state. Because the Senate had already voted to override the veto as well, the bill is now law. This is good public policy, and it is a shame that… -
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After Secret Service Seized $115,000, North Carolina Man Continues Fight for ‘Justice’
On the morning of Sept. 25, 2014, Tom Bednar was sitting in the bedroom of the Raleigh, N.C., home he shared with his wife, Marla, and two sons when Marla entered the room crying. She had just looked at the bank account for their three-decade old business, Marla Enterprises, to find it empty. Now, Capital… -
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Federal Government to Return $107,702 Seized From North Carolina Convenience Store Owner
After months of sleepless nights since having more than $107,700 seized by the Internal Revenue Service, L&M Convenience Mart owner Lyndon McLellan learned yesterday the government decided to dismiss the case that lost him his money. “It’s a relief to know that you’re getting something back that’s yours to start with,” McLellan told The Daily… -
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The IRS Seized $107,000 From This North Carolina Man’s Bank Account
For most of his life, Lyndon McLellan has been in the business of country stores—the types of stores where the employees know customers’ names by heart and workers remain loyal for years and years. His parents owned a general store and grill, and McLellan began helping out there at the ripe old age of 9…. -
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On the Campaign Trail: ‘Ground Zero’ in North Carolina and the GOP Chase for College Kids
RALEIGH, N.C.–For Republicans, “ground zero” is the state where the party’s fortunes in the Senate could be won or lost. And for a Republican Party that has traditionally struggled to match the Democrats’ ground game, “ground zero” is also the volunteer-driven campaign offices dotted throughout that same state. “This is ground zero in America,” said…