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Legislature Sends Cooper Bills Designed To Address Learning Losses
By David BassCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by…
General Assembly To Consider Adding ‘Right-To-Work’ To N.C. Constitution
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — The General Assembly will consider a measure to enshrine North Carolina’s right-to-work policies in the state constitution. Sens. Carl Ford, R-Rowan, and Jim Burgin,…
GOP Lawmakers Move Forward Bills To ‘Restore Trust’ In Election System
By David Bass Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Republican lawmakers are pushing forward two election-reform bills designed to shore up voting integrity following a 2020 general election that included numerous accusations…
Political Fantasies Can Be Costly
By John Hood RALEIGH — It’s hard not to play along when children come up with cute untruths. For example, for a time one of my boys used to tell…
More Than $120 Million In COVID Relief Money Was Returned, Auditor Finds
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — The federal government sent nearly $4 billion in COVID relief money to North Carolina, but a sizable chunk of it was returned, unwanted, a…
Governor Extends Residential Eviction Moratorium
Three new Executive Orders signed Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday signed three Executive Orders. Executive Order 206 extends North Carolina’s statewide residential eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021 in coordination…
State Treasurer Condemns Hospitals’ “Pattern of Deceit” On Price Transparency
RALEIGH – State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, said today that hospitals in the state are not complying with 2019 federal price transparency rules that required hospitals to post their…
Bill Would Promote Early Literacy Among N.C. Public School Students
By David BassCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Republican legislators in the N.C. Senate are pushing forward a bill meant to improve literacy among North Carolina public school students by the third…
State Has Too Much Debt Already
By John Hood RALEIGH — Thanks to the fiscally responsible policies of the North Carolina General Assembly, state government has some $5 billion in unspent funds and unanticipated revenues in…
Federal Investigation Of 2016 State Election Shows ‘Failure Of Oversight’
By David BassCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A four-year federal investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina during the 2016 election has ended, netting 70 total charges, including 40 charges of…
GOP Lawmakers Move To Bar ‘Sue-And-Settle’ Schemes After Settlement
By David BassCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Republican senators have introduced a bill that would require lawmakers to sign off on any deal settling a lawsuit in which the legislature is…
Senators Push For More Transparency In Government Worker Personnel Records
By Andrew DunnCarolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — A growing number of senators are signing on to a bill that would make more information available to the public on government employee performance.…
