Judicial Watch: Court Voids Two Constitutional Amendments
Judicial Watch: Court Voids Two Constitutional Amendments Late Friday afternoon, a North Carolina judge voided two state constitutional amendments, including voter ID, on grounds that the legislature which approved them was elected from unconstitutional districts. This judicial time bomb had been ticking since last August. That’s when the state NAACP and Clean Air Carolina filed […]
Campaign Watch: New Ninth District Election
Campaign Watch: New Ninth District Election Last week, the North Carolina Board of Elections (SBE) ordered a new election in the Ninth Congressional District, after days of witness testimony proved catastrophic for the Mark Harris campaign. By the end of the week’s hearings, the evidence of systematic absentee ballot fraud was so massive, and the […]
Washington Watch: Senate Permanently Renews Conservation Fund
Washington Watch: Senate Permanently Renews Conservation Fund It’s a rare major bipartisan win for the environment in Congress: The U.S. Senate has approved an overdue permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). This reauthorization was included in a massive land conservation bill which finally made its way through the Senate last week, […]
Campaign Watch: Elections Board to Hear Ninth District Case
Campaign Watch: Elections Board to Hear Ninth District Case The newly reconstituted State Board of Elections (SBE) will finally get to hear months of assembled evidence in considering the fate of the disputed Ninth Congressional District contest. Since the previous combined elections and ethics board was found to be unconstitutional and dissolved by a state […]
Judicial Watch: Cooper Appoints Beasley Chief Justice
Judicial Watch: Cooper Appoints Beasley Chief Justice Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Cheri Beasley as the new Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Cooper named Beasley, a sitting Associate Justice, to replace retiring Chief Justice Mark Martin. Beasley has served as a member of the Court since 2012, and previously served on […]
Legislative Watch: Fair Redistricting Plan Introduced
Legislative Watch: Fair Redistricting Plan Introduced A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has introduced a new plan to end gerrymandering in North Carolina legislative and congressional redistricting. Environmental advocates cheered last week’s introduction of House Bill 69, “Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission,” which would shift control over drawing district lines from the legislature to an 11-member commission. […]
Executive Watch: Wood Pellets Warning
Executive Watch: Wood Pellets Warning The development of North Carolina’s wood pellet fuel industry has been a growing environmental concern in our state — and the executive branch is finally acknowledging the warnings. During Gov. Roy Cooper’s House Natural Resources Committee testimony on climate change last week, a member pressed him to address the state’s […]
Washington Watch: LCV Leader Guest at SOTU
Washington Watch: LCV Leader Guest at SOTU Members of Congress chose their guests for the annual State of the Union address to send a variety of messages to the president and to America. One new House leader chose to recognize the head of the national League of Conservation Voters (LCV). The invitation to LCV President […]
Climate Change Update: Mr. Cooper Goes to Washington
Climate Change Update: Mr. Cooper Goes to Washington He may be more Andy Griffith than Jimmy Stewart, but last Wednesday, North Carolina’s Mr. Cooper spoke truth to Congress about the dangers climate change is posing to our state. Gov. Cooper told the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources about the massive damages from three “500-year” […]
Around North Carolina: Currituck Ends Solar Moratorium
Around North Carolina: Currituck Ends Solar Moratorium On the topic of clean energy, Currituck County has ended its moratorium on new permits for solar energy facilities. Last week, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 for a new ordinance regulating the development of new solar farms in the coastal county. The moratorium previously in […]
