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Follow the Money: The SAVE Act
By Donna King Carolina Journal Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week. They are filling a need for more providers…
SECU Foundation Provides Grant To Non-Profit To Build Capacity And Grow After School Programs
Programs Aim to Keep Harnett County Youth in a Safe and Supportive Environment DUNN –SECU Foundation awarded the Dunn Police Athletic & Activities League (PAL) a grant of $40,000 to help the non-profit build capacity and expand programs for youth in Harnett County. With…
NC House Passes Budget With Support For School Choice
By David Bass Carolina Journal School choice would continue its growth trajectory in North Carolina under a budget passed by the House April 6 in a bipartisan vote of 78 to 38. Nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the spending…
NC Bill Would Require High School Sports Teams To Be Single Sex Or Co-Ed
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal A North Carolina Senate bill was introduced Thursday that would prevent biologically female high school athletes from being forced to compete against biological males in sports designated for females. Under the bill, high school transgender…
UMO Has Record Breaking Giving Day Success
MOUNT OLIVE –The University of Mount Olive’s sixth annual Giving Day will go in the books as the most successful fundraising event of its kind in UMO history. More than 430 donors collectively gave nearly $204,000 to support various areas…
You Decide: What Makes North Carolina Popular?
By Mike Walden Almost every week we see another positive comment or ranking about the North Carolina economy. For example, recently North Carolina surpassed 5 million people in the labor force, which includes people working plus people looking for work.…
Opinion: Inflation Is Not Just An ‘NC Teacher Tax.’ It’s An Everybody Tax.
By David Larson Opinion Editor, Carolina Journal Kim Mackey, a Wake County social-studies teacher, put together a website called N.C. Teacher Tax, which calculates how much money teachers lose to inflation compared to the pay they “signed up for” when they…
Social Security Matters – Retired Public Servant Feels Government Pension Offset is “Unjust”
Social Security Matters by Rusty Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens Dear Rusty: I’m a retired firefighter and live in Ohio. I earned Social Security from my side…
NC Democrats Messed With The ‘Wrong Chick.’ Now She’s Joining The Republicans.
Alex Baltzegar Carolina Journal On Wednesday morning, Republican leaders announced that Rep. Tricia Cotham, a longtime Democrat from Mecklenburg County, is joining the North Carolina Republican Party. Cotham, who was elected as a Democrat in 2022, said she was switching…
What Cotham’s Switch To The GOP Means For NC Democrats
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal The news of Rep. Tricia Cotham, Mecklenburg County, changing her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican has sent shockwaves throughout the North Carolina politics, even making national headlines. The move now gives Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in the…
