North Carolina Senators Jim Burgin and Jay Chaudhuri and Representatives Ashton Clemmons and David Willis hosted a breakfast meeting and press conference today announcing the legislative priorities of the Joint Legislative Early Childhood Caucus. The morning meeting included a keynote address from Regional President at PNC Bank, Jim Hansen, and an announcement of upcoming legislation from the Early Childhood Caucus.
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), along with House Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost and Reps Max Miller and Jen Kiggans, led a letter to General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, to address the recruitment shortage brought on in large part by vaccine mandates.
NC Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall announced Wednesday that the Agency has joined other state securities administrators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a $45 million settlement with Nexo Capital, Inc. (Nexo) related to the offering of unregistered securities.
Republicans claiming that they’ve made North Carolina an economic powerhouse reminds me of the saying “Some people were born on third base, but think they hit a triple.”
During the early stage of the COVID crisis in 2020, my daily commute got super easy. Then it got scary hard.
North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) today reached an agreement on the total spend of the 2023-2024 budget at 6.5% growth in the first year and 3.75% the following year.
Governor Roy Cooper released a comprehensive plan to invest $1 billion in addressing North Carolina’s mental health and substance use crisis, including anxiety and depression rates that have almost quadrupled, overdose deaths that have jumped 72 percent and youth suicide rates that have doubled.
North Carolina leaders are projecting shortages in direct care workers, nurses and other caregiving positions in the coming decade. At the same time, demand for these services is rising.
Governor Roy Cooper delivered his fourth State of the State address. He emphasized the pivotal nature of this moment that has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity for historic investments in education, infrastructure, the economy and the workforce.
Attorney General Josh Stein today won judgments shutting down a massive robocall operation involving John Caldwell Spiller II and his business partner Jakob Mears, the owners of Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC, as well as Rising Eagle Capital Group–Cayman.
Attorney General Josh Stein today asked a court to order TikTok to fully comply with his ongoing investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper and other officials began exercising government power in ways unprecedented in modern times.
