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NC Jobs and GDP Economy Fully Recovered To Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2021
Concerns about consumer prices, labor shortages continue RALEIGH – North Carolina’s economy fully returned to the employment level it enjoyed before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into an economic…
NCDOT Contractor Found To Be In Breach Of Contract
Breach affects bridge projects in Edgecombe, Halifax counties WILSON – A company has been found in default of state transportation contracts to replace three bridges in Edgecombe and Halifax counties.…
Updated Legislative Electoral Maps Pass General Assembly
By Donna King Carolina Journal The N.C. House and Senate gave final approval to redrawn or remedial legislative electoral maps Thursday, after last-minute adjustments delayed the Senate session several times. The House…
CDC Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations for People Who Are Immunocompromised
RALEIGH – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated its recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised. Emerging data suggest some people…
NC Treasurer Condemns The Continued Violation Of Hospital Price Transparency Laws
RALEIGH – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, has joined the national nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate to condemn the widespread violation of hospital price transparency rules. The treasurer is calling for federal…
Local Musician Named First NCDA ‘Got To Be NC’ Program Musical Ambassador
Paige King Johnson’s newly released song, “Homes in the Hometowns” celebrates N.C. agriculture RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced Thursday a new partnership for the Got to Be NC…
Folwell Calls For Change In Hospital Billing Practices
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal State Treasurer Dale Folwell is once again sounding the alarm on some nonprofit hospitals in the state, with a new report that shows low-income patients…
Cooper To Extend Vaccine, Testing Requirements For State Employees
By John Trump Carolina Journal Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday, Jan. 4, said health experts, doctors, and scientists are learning more about COVID-19, and state officials and politicians are using…
The Woodshed: UNC Professor Claims Only Democrats Protect Black Voters’ Rights
By Dallas Woodhouse The Woodshed, Carolina Journal A liberal UNC-Chapel Hill professor testified Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court that GOP-crafted election maps represent a conservative white backlash against rising…
Protecting Your Right To Grow Your Own Food
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal Do you know where your food comes from? Aside from saying Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Wegman’s, it is an important question to many North…
Those We’ve Lost In 2021
By CJ Staff As we close the books on 2021, the year leaves stories for the future: an awakening from the pandemic, renewed attention to public school classrooms, and indications…
Today’s Search For Meaning Leads Some Back To Worship
By Theresa Opeka Carolina Journal Religion and faith have played an important part in the United States going all the way back to our founding fathers. Denied religious freedom in…
