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NC Values Coalition Denounces Tills’ And Burr’s Votes To Advance “Pathway To Polygamy Bill”
The US Senate today (Wednesday) advanced HR8404, or “Pathway to Polygamy” bill which federally recognizes same sex marriage and also state-sanctioned polygamous marriages allowing one person to be married to…
Junior Livestock Sale Of Champions Sets Record
Money goes to scholarships and winners RALEIGH – Junior winners in the N.C. State Fair livestock shows drew a record $212,500 for the top steers, barrows, lambs, goats and turkeys…
Drug Bust With Enough Fentanyl To Kill Millions Has NC Connection
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal Enough fentanyl to kill nearly 3 million people was seized in two separate drug busts with connections to North Carolina this past month. The fentanyl…
Report: NC Hospitals Make Millions In Profit On Medicare
The North Carolina State Health Plan and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Find that the Majority of North Carolina’s Hospitals Are Overcharging Patients While Profiting Off Medicare RALEIGH…
Former Investment Advisory Found Guilty In Healthcare Fraud That Targeted The Elderly And Disabled
RALEIGH – A federal jury convicted a Raleigh man on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft on October 19, 2022.…
Drag Event At NC Art Museum Canceled After Protest
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal RALEIGH – An event billed as “a drag queen story hour” for children as young as two at the North Carolina Museum of Art and…
Survey: NC’s School Performance Grades Draws Strong Response, Call For Change
RALEIGH – A recent statewide survey about how North Carolina public school performance is graded drew more than 26,000 participants, most of whom said that the current A-F grading system…
North Carolina’s Passenger Rail Service Breaks Record For Ridership
RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper says more people rode the N.C. Department of Transportation’s intercity passenger rail service in September than any previous month in the 32-year history of the…
Fed’s H-2A Labor Costs Leave N.C. Farmers Struggling To Compete
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal Concerns about costs of farm labor program grow in N.C. Ron Cottle, the owner of Cottle Strawberry Nursey, Inc., Faison, N.C.,has seen the effects of inflation…
2021 Visitor Spending Increased In Johnston County
Strong recovery seen from 2020, and for many counties from 2019 RALEIGH – Recovery in visitor spending was felt statewide in 2021 with all 100 counties seeing increases, according to…
New Options Available For Child Support Payments
RALEIGH – It will now be easier for parents to pay child support payments. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday payments can now be accepted…
North Carolina Supports Florida In Hurricane Ian Response And Recovery
RALEIGH – North Carolina is supporting the State of Florida after Hurricane Ian. “Although we mourn five deaths and incurred some damage, it’s clear North Carolina missed the worst of…
