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Clayton Man Among 5 State Employees Honored For 45 Years Of Public Service
RALEIGH – Five state employees with 45 years of public service have been honored with the 2022 Richard Caswell Award. The recipients, who work at four state agencies, are commended by…

Poll: GOP Candidates Favored Heading Into NC’s Midterms
By David Bass Carolina Journal A new Civitas poll shows that Republican candidates running for U.S. Congress and the state legislature in North Carolina are in good shape heading into…

Gmail More Likely To Flag Republican Fundraising Emails As Spam, NC State Study Finds
By David Bass Carolina Journal A study from researchers at N.C. State University finds that Gmail marked 59% more Republican fundraising emails as spam than Democratic ones during the 2020…

Wilson Man Sentenced To More Than 9 Years In Prison
RALEIGH – A Wilson man was sentenced Wednesday to 110 months in prison after stealing a firearm, robbing a man at gunpoint, and shooting at another man all on one…

OPINION: Let’s Try Building Back Faster
By John Hood RALEIGH — It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest low-rise office building, the Pentagon, was built in 16…

NCDMV Making It Easier To Process Liens, Abandoned Vehicles
RALEIGH – The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau is making it easier and more efficient for people to process mechanic liens on unclaimed or abandoned vehicles.…

Guilford County High School English Teacher Wins NC’s Top Honors For 2022
CARY – Leah Carper, an English teacher at Northern Guilford High School, was named the 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year during an awards luncheon today…

Governor Cooper Urges Congress To Pass Supplemental Funding For COVID-19 Response
Letter to NC Congressional Delegation Outlines Supplemental Funding Package Needed to Invest in COVID-19 Testing, Treatment and Vaccines RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to the North Carolina…

Poll: NCGOP Voters Failing To Focus On Critical Primary Races
New Poll: Judiciary Primary Picks Largely Undecided, Budd Leading Senate Race RALEIGH – The North Carolina Values Coalition released its first Republican primary tracking survey of the 2022 election showing…

We Need More Housing Options
By John Hood RALEIGH — As post-COVID shifts in work arrangements and living preferences continue to motivate many Americans to relocate, North Carolina will continue to be a popular destination.…

Rouzer Announces Bipartisan Disaster Resiliency Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) announced Thursday the introduction of H.R. 7178, the Championing Local Efforts to Advance Resilience (CLEAR) Act in the…

Temporary Rule To Address Shortage Of Ductwork Signed Into Law
RALEIGH – On March 17, Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 243, “Budget Technical Corrections,” into law. The law allows the N.C. Building Code Council to adopt temporary rules relaxing…








