Tag: North Carolina
North Carolina, North Dakota, Among States Phasing Out Income Tax
January 17, 2023 January 16, 2023 Just the News
Americans in search of economic freedom and opportunity are flocking to Florida, Tennessee and Texas, and at least part of the attraction is that these three states, along with six others (Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming and New Hampshire), don't levy an income tax.
Other states may soon follow.
"There are 10 states that are in the process of moving their personal income tax to zero," President of Americans for Tax Reform Grover Norquist said on the John Solomon Reports podcast.
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Wisconsin Set to Receive Part of a Nearly $400 Million Settlement from Google over Location-Tracking Probe
November 15, 2022 November 14, 2022 Just the News
Google agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states after an investigation found that the tech giant participated in questionable location-tracking practices, state attorneys general announced Monday.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called it a "historic win for consumers."
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Commentary: America's Electoral System Is Suffering from a Credibility Crisis
November 14, 2022 November 13, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
Defying all predictions of a photo finish senate race, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman won 50.3% of the vote to Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz's 47.3%. The unexpectedly large margin helped avoid a midterm meltdown. But don't be deceived; that margin masks major electoral system dysfunction that remains unaddressed.
If the margins had been narrower, things might have looked very different. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf last year vetoed a commonsense measure that would have modernized Pennsylvania's Depression-era voting laws. As a result, the Commonwealth is saddled with a ponderous mail voting system bolted onto a rickety election code that forbids routine practices like voter ID and pre-processing mail ballots. Those policies secure elections and speed tabulations, but were vetoed by Wolf last year.
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Commentary: Democrats Prepare to Lose as U.S. Senate Race in North Carolina Is Too Close to Call
November 1, 2022 October 31, 2022 RealClearWire
The 2022 midterms are less than a month away. With Election Day rapidly approaching, races in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have taken the spotlight, and according to most pundits, control of the Senate comes down to these five states. Conspicuously, political analysts in the Beltway have all but stripped North Carolina, a purple, perennial swing state, and its Senate race between Congressman Ted Budd and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley of its toss up status, and Democrats seem prepared to cede the state to Republicans.
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Parent Rips North Carolina School Board for Promoting Graphic Gay Sex Book to Seventh-Graders
A mother from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District in North Carolina rebuked the school board and superintendent for allowing 7th graders access to a graphic book that promotes "the ins and outs of gay sex."
Education investigative journalist Christopher Rufo posted the video to Twitter of the parent reading a section of This Book Is Gay by LGBTQ activist Juno Dawson.
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Four Plead Guilty in North Carolina Ballot Fraud Cases
September 28, 2022 September 27, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
Four people in North Carolina have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in a rural part of the state.
The fraud occurred in the 2016 and 2018 elections, and the convictions stemmed from an investigation that in part resulted in a congressional election having to be redone, according to the Associated Press.
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Flash Cards Depicting Pregnant Man Used for Teaching Colors in North Carolina Preschool Classroom
June 1, 2022 May 31, 2022 Susan Berry, PhD
A North Carolina state representative responded to an email from a constituent alerting her to the use of LGBTQ-themed flash cards, including a card with the depiction of a pregnant man, to teach colors to preschool children in an elementary school in the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS).
Upon receiving an email containing the flash card, apparently from "Progress Pride Flag Rainbow Families Flash Cards," that depicted a pregnant man," state Rep. Erin Paré (R-Wake) contacted the principal at Ballantine Elementary School in Wake County, noted a press release from North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland).
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Rep. Cawthorn Loses North Carolina GOP House Primary, Concedes Race
May 18, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
North Carolina GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Tuesday night lost his bid for a second House term.
He conceded the race at about 10:25 p.m. Eastern time, according to several news outlets.
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Thales College to Welcome Inaugural Class of Undergraduates This Fall at North Carolina Campus
May 4, 2022 May 3, 2022 Susan Berry, PhD
There's a new private college in town – one with affordable tuition, accelerated degrees, and classical liberal arts and career-ready majors – and it will be welcoming its inaugural undergraduate students this fall at its new Wake Forest, North Carolina campus.
Thales College, founded by Bob Luddy, who also created the network of affordable private K-12 schools known as Thales Academy, said in an announcement the college's students "will enjoy personalized mentorship and teaching from top-notch faculty, and they will benefit from our new campus home in Wake Forest, North Carolina, with Raleigh's vast opportunities and amenities at their fingertips."
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Thales Academy Opens First Rural County School in Pittsboro, North Carolina
April 14, 2022 April 13, 2022 Susan Berry, PhD
Thales Academy opened the doors of its brand new building in Pittsboro, North Carolina, Monday, as about 100 students from the academy's Cary campus moved to the new facility in rural Chatham County.
"Chatham is the first time that Thales has been in a rural county," Bob Luddy, the founder and chairman of Thales Academy, told The Star News Network. "So, my thought was having a facility of that quality in a rural county that's a private initiative is going to change the way people think about K-12 education."
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North Carolina Congressman Introduces Bill to Restart Building Border Wall
April 12, 2022 April 11, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
A North Carolina congressman has introduced a bill to require the federal government to restart rebuilding the border wall, which was halted by President Joe Biden.
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, R-NC, introduced the Build the Wall Now Act, which removes all legal impediments to building the border wall. Among other things, it unlocks an additional $2.1 billion that was appropriated in fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 that weren't spent.
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Republicans Look to Pick Up Open Seat in North Carolina
March 28, 2022 March 27, 2022 Aaron Gulbransen
Republicans are looking to pick up North Carolina's open First Congressional district seat in November.
Democrat incumbent U.S. Representative G. K. Butterfield (NC-1) has announced his retirement, leaving the seat open.
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Two Key Senate Races Moved in GOP's Direction by Noted Election Handicapper Cook Political Report
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report on Friday shifted its forecasts for two 2022 Senate races in the direction of Republicans.
The report moved the North Carolina Senate race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr moved from "toss-up" to "likely Republican." And moved the Colorado Senate race, in which Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet is seeking a third term, from "solid Democrat" into the "likely Democrat" catagory.
The North Carolina GOP primary is now a competitive race between former President Trump-endorsed Rep. Ted Budd, former Gov. Pat McCrory and former Rep. Mark Walker, with (with Budd and McCrory currently deadlocked).
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Republicans Notch Big Win as Court Upholds North Carolina's New Congressional Map
A North Carolina court Tuesday upheld the state's new congressional and state legislative lines, rejecting claims from Democratic groups that it was an unfair gerrymander giving Republicans in the state a big win.
While the case may be appealed, the decision as it stands now could impact the 2022 midterm elections, where Republicans are seeking to reverse Democrats' narrow House majority. North Carolina is gaining a 14th seat, and the new congressional lines could give Republicans an 11-3 advantage, up from the 8-5 split now.
The Democrats' lawyers argued during last week's trial that the map chosen was an extreme outlier that Republicans picked solely for political gain. Republicans, however, said that the new lines were drawn legally and that the court was incapable of determining whether it was too partisan to stand.
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Trump Makes Deal to Clear North Carolina GOP Senate Field So His Candidate Can Win
December 7, 2021 December 6, 2021 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
Former President Donald Trump struck a deal this past weekend to clear the crowded field in North Carolina's Republican primary for Senate for Rep. Ted Budd, his preferred candidate, a source close with Budd and familiar with the meeting confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Budd, who joined the fray in April and received Trump's endorsement two months later, has failed to emerge as the frontrunner in a GOP primary that includes former Gov. Pat McCrory and former Rep. Mark Walker. One recent poll conducted for the conservative group Club for Growth, which has also backed Budd, found the congressman slightly behind McCrory even as Budd's popularity rose in recent months, while Walker remained in a distant third.
An internal poll from McCrory's campaign, however, showed the former governor up by 15 points.
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North Carolina Adopts New Congressional Map That Favors Republicans
The North Carolina General Assembly on Thursday finalized the state's new U.S. House map that gives Republicans a distinct advantage over Democrats.
The map creates 10 safe Republican seats, three safe Democratic seats and one competitive seat, up from the current 8-5 map now. North Carolina is the only state where the legislature has full control over the redistricting process, meaning that the new lines can skirt what would be an all but certain veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and go into effect.
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North Carolina School District to Discipline Educators Who Teach America is Racist
October 5, 2021 October 4, 2021 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
A North Carolina county school board has passed a policy that will discipline or fire teachers who undermine the U.S. Constitution, tell students that American historical figures weren't heroes or portray racism as systemic in America.
The vote Friday by the Johnston County school board is part of a larger campaign to stamp out critical race theory from American schools.
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North Carolina Senate Votes to Ban Critical Race Theory Concepts in Schools
The North Carolina Senate has approved legislation that prohibits K-12 schools from promoting more than a dozen concepts about racism and discrimination.
The legislation bans school districts from pushing critical race theory, which is centered around the idea that race is a social construct used to oppress people of color. The theory, developed by legal scholars in the late 1970s and 1980s, concludes racism in America is systemic.
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