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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition supported and released a new project Friday that allows for a new understanding of the players that fund campaigns in North Carolina and how federal money plays a role in state politics.
The project, a collaboration with data journalists and data analysis experts from across the country, focuses on the push by Democrats to win state House and Senate elections in order to hold more sway over the redistricting process. Coupled with a presidential and U.S. Senate races, the 2020 election season is likely the most expensive election cycle on record in North Carolina.
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This story is republished from Sludge.
A masked “Scary Movie”-type character sits holding a coffee cup emblazoned with an emoji at a kitchen counter and, in a sing-songy voice, says: “Terri wants to defund the police. Defund the police? That’s scary liberal!”
The attack ad against North Carolina state Senate Democratic challenger Terri LeGrand from her GOP incumbent opponent, Joyce Krawiec, is a humorous, flippant bite that was just a blip in terms of the overall spending during 2020’s historically expensive election just a few hundred dollars and around a few thousand impressions on Facebook, according to the site’s political ad tracker.
NC judges clarify that journalists won’t be barred from court due to COVID-19 Carli Brosseau, The News & Observer
RALEIGH, N.C. A week after three news organizations asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force Alamance County courts to let in journalists, the top local judges announced a new media access policy.
Reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in, depending on the available space, D. Thomas Lambeth Jr., Judicial District 15A’s senior resident superior court judge, and Bradley Reid Allen Sr., the chief district court judge, said in an order dated Dec. 18.
Alamance judges clarify that journalists won t be barred from court due to COVID-19 Carli Brosseau, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Dec. 19 A week after three news organizations asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to force Alamance County courts to let in journalists, the top local judges announced a new media access policy.
Reporters must request permission in advance to attend hearings, and up to five journalists will be allowed in, depending on the available space, D. Thomas Lambeth Jr., Judicial District 15A s senior resident superior court judge, and Bradley Reid Allen Sr., the chief district court judge, said in an order dated Dec. 18.
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The North Carolina Open Government Coalition welcomes nominations for the annual Sunshine Awards and Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism.
The Sunshine Awards are presented each year to recognize the work of citizens, advocates, journalists, and government officials whose efforts increase transparency and accountability in public business in North Carolina.
The Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism recognizes the accomplishments of a collegiate journalist or newsroom at a North Carolina university whose work exemplifies the vital role of open meetings, public records, and press access in public life.