Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individuals to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging: Culey V. Kilimanjaro of Greensboro as a member at-large. K
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A statewide recount of more than five million ballots cast in North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice contest will begin later this week. The recount likely will take several days in some counties, and county boards of elections must complete their recounts by Wednesday,
by Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service Redistricting could prove contentious in next year’s legislative session. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, previewed the 2021 legislature at a news conference at N.C. Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh Monday, Nov. 16. Along
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health is proud to recognize the innovation, quality of care and dedication of health professionals and volunteers in communities during National Rural Health Day 2020. National Rural Health Day falls on the third
by Jay Reinstein We are currently in a golden age of biopharmaceutical innovation, and scientists are discovering life-changing cures or treatments that were previously unimaginable. For example, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the first-ever drug fo
RALEIGH -- According to the N.C. State Board of Election, about 10 county boards of elections in North Carolina are meeting early this week to finalize their 2020 election results, with a few counties correcting discrepancies in election results discovered during the post-election canvass process. &
by Lindsay Marchello As state superintendent, Catherine Truitt will oversee North Carolina’s vast public education system, which spent more than $14 billion this school year. But she won’t be doing it alone. Truitt, a Republican, narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Jen Mangrum fo
by John Hood In 2020, North Carolina Republicans and Democrats took their respective cases to the public. Each party asked voters to put them fully in charge of North Carolina government. The voters said no. Well, to be more precise, the vast majority of voters actually s
RALEIGH -- On Friday, Governor Roy Cooper announced two new judicial appointments to Judicial Districts 13 and 20A, which serve Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties and Stanly and Montgomery counties, respectively. “These appointees are bringing years of valuable legal experience to the ben
RALEIGH, NC (November 13, 2020) – At a virtual pitch competition and awards reception last Thursday, Representative David Price (NC-04) recognized the middle and high school student finalists and winner of the Fourth District’s Congressional App Challenge
RALEIGH — on Friday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a Request for Applications for Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD) Tailored Plans as part of North Carolina’s transition to Medicaid Managed Care. As directed by the North Carolina
A national pandemic. New minimum wage standards. Calls for a “New Deal.”If you didn’t know any better, you might think I was referring to early 20th Century America —when the flu ravaged the nation and President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed unprecedented progressive policies seemingly every day.
