Attorney General Josh Stein today won a $5 million judgment against Tennessee-based CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. and its subsidiary, CHSPSC LLC, over a data breach that affected approximately 6.1 million patients, including 59,527 North Carolinians. North Carolina will receive $200,373.17 of th
Washington, D.C., Mayor Permits Mass Protests, Discriminates Against Church Gatherings U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) in filing an amicus brief on behalf of 34 Senators supporting the Capitol Hill Baptist Ch
RALEIGH — State leaders from the NC Department of Health and Human Services
By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — North Carolina, like most of the country, has become increasingly polarized in our political thinking and behavior. But what does that really mean? Well, we know it doesn’t mean that all North Carolinians are so rigidly partisan they support onl
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By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service Two lawsuits challenging the N.C. State Board of Elections’ plans for handling absentee ballots this fall head before a federal judge Thursday, Oct. 8, in Greensboro. A hearing on both suits is scheduled less than one day after the same
State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming alert at an ocean-side site in Carteret County. Subsequent sampling of the site shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water
More than 100,000 people have downloaded SlowCOVIDNC , the official exposure notification app of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. SlowCOVIDNC alerts users when they may have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 . The app re
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has filed a response opposing Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s Motion to Intervene in the State’s enforcement case against Chemours. DEQ supports CFPUA and all the downstream drinking water utilities’ efforts to be made whole for any damag
By JOHN HOOD Carolina Journal RALEIGH — In this seemingly endless year of disease, destruction, dissension, and despair, what’s an optimist to do? This is no hypothetical question for me. I’m a naturally optimistic person. As one of my favorite songs goes, “Grab your coat and get
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) will launch its new electronic system to streamline the process for creating death records with a staggered rollout beginning on October 19 in eight counties (Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Johnston, Mecklenburg, Orange and Wa
By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children. Dixon took her eldest daughter out of public school because of mental health issues. She was able to send the girl to private school, but her two o
