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Carolina Journal

U.S. right

Carolina Journal is the news publication of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative, free-market think tank based in Raleigh, North Carolina, funded primarily by businessman Art Pope and his family foundation. It covers North Carolina politics, legislation, and policy from a right-leaning perspective, emphasizing limited government and free-market principles. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term is broadly supportive, consistent with the foundation's conservative ideology and shared policy priorities such as school choice, deregulation, and fiscal conservatism.

Owned byJohn Locke Foundation, a North Carolina nonprofit free-market think tank co-founded by businessman Art Pope

LeaningU.S. right

On the administrationbroadly supportive

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4.7average bias score across 25 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

5 North Carolina Elections Board Votes to Let County Boards Reject Photo-ID Provisional Ballots by Majority Instead of Unanimous Vote
5 More North Carolina Towns Pause New Data Center Construction as $19 Billion Edgecombe County AI Project Is Withdrawn
4 North Carolina Council Classifies Eight Counties in 'Exceptional' Drought as Statewide Dry Spell Continues
4 NC State Audit: 78% of Pre-1983 Landfill Sites Never Investigated for Contamination
5 North Carolina State Audit Reports Over $1 Million in 'Questionable' Spending by Former Cary Town Manager and Staff
4 North Carolina Elections Board Votes to Require Only a Majority, Not Unanimity, to Reject Voter Photo-ID Exception Affidavits
6 NC State Health Plan Puts Duke in 'Access' Tier and WakeMed in Top-Cost Tier for 2027
4 NC Legislature Recesses Until July 27 With Homeless-Camping Veto, Election Bill, and Governor-Power Amendments Unresolved
4 North Carolina Supreme Court Extends Briefing Deadlines in Cases Over Governor's Appointment Powers
4 Stein and Republican Legislative Leaders Jointly Ask NC Supreme Court for More Time in Appointment-Power Cases
4 NC State Health Plan Approves 5% Premium Rise and a Tiered Hospital Network for 2027
5 North Carolina Gov. Stein Vetoes Public-Camping Bill; Republicans Say They Will Try to Override
6 NC State Auditor Reassigns Elections Liaison Dallas Woodhouse After Reports of Pressure on County Boards
6 North Carolina State Auditor Opens Review of Growing Opportunity Scholarship Voucher Program
4 North Carolina Gov. Stein Signs $34 Billion State Budget Without Vetoing It