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Jim Stirling

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  • Breakdown of the Cooper/ Stein Challenge to the Board of Elections Appointment Move to the Auditor’s Office

    Jan 9, 2025 | johnlocke.org | Jim Stirling

    In the days before Christmas, incoming Gov. Josh Stein & then Gov. Roy Cooper filed their second lawsuit, asking the courts to block appointment changes made to the State Board of Elections (SBE) under SB 382. The bill moves the appointment of the members of the  SBE and the chairs of the county boards of elections from the governor to the office of the state auditor.

  • Back to the future: Re-establishing a historic forest landscape in B.C.

    Dec 17, 2024 | forestnet.com | Jim Stirling

    by | Dec 18, 2024 | 2024, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December 2024 A benchland overlooking B.C.’s Chilcotin River is an ideal location to recreate an historic forest landscape from the region’s past. It was an ecosystem of grasslands interspersed with groups of trees and it reflected how much of the region once appeared.

  • Do Cooper & Stein have a point on the changes to the State Highway Patrol?

    Dec 16, 2024 | johnlocke.org | Jim Stirling

    The first lawsuit on Senate Bill 382 was filed Thursday evening, just one day after the State House voted to override the Governor’s veto of the bill. This is unlikely to be the only lawsuit on the bill, with many expecting lawsuits to be filed on changes the bill made to the Board of Elections, the powers of the attorney general, and other changes to executive offices.

  • NC lawmakers made 11th hour changes to governor's powers. Was it constitutional?

    Dec 14, 2024 | newsobserver.com | Jim Stirling

    Republican Rep. Dudley Greene, who represents four counties in western North Carolina, delivers an impassioned argument in favor of overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a Helene relief bill that reduces the power of incoming Democrats in the executive branch during a session on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the North Carolina Legislative Building. Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 382 on Nov. 26, calling it "a sham" and criticizing it for lacking hurricane relief and containing various power grabs.

  • Not a Good Night but not a bad Night for Either Party: What to take away from NC’s 2024 election

    Nov 15, 2024 | johnlocke.org | Jim Stirling

    For Republicans on the national front, election night was a good night. Not only did Donald Trump take every toss-up state and likely the popular vote, but Republicans were able to retake the Senate and maintain Congress. Trump improved his numbers in every state, including deep blue states like New York (11 points), with the only exception being Washington state. North Carolina had mixed results for its election night.

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