by Julie Havlak North Carolina is home to one of the biggest union battles in the South. Mission Health in Asheville is fighting efforts to unionize 1,600 registered nurses. The clash pits HCA Healthcare, the largest hospital system in America, against the National Nurses Organizing Co
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues sent a bicameral letter to the Acting Administrator for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) John Barsa to urge him to protect American taxpayer dollars during the coronavirus pandemic from funding pro-abortio
RALEIGH – To be open and transparent and to comply with Session Law 2019-251 of the N.C. General Assembly, the N.C. Department of Transportation will issue a news release each Friday publishing the weekly “ NCDOT Cash Watch Numbers” report , which is a snapshot of NCDOT expenditures. Click here to
RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation. https://youtu.be/Mdi4G-2_K68 State
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper has declared August as North Carolina Preparedness Month, encouraging individuals, families, schools and businesses to review their emergency plans and update their emergency supply kits. “Facing a hurricane, a deadly tornado and an earthquake in the same
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is ordering significant additional actions by Chemours to prevent PFAS pollution from entering the Cape Fear River as the next phase of the ongoing cleanup of the contamination at the Fayetteville Works Site. These actions address mor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released a video with North Carolina native and U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie discussing their work to improve the VA and help ensure veterans receive the benefits
RALEIGH – With the election 82 days away, the North Carolina electorate appears split between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden in the race for the White House. With 15 electoral votes, North Carolina is considered a key battleground state in the 2020 presi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a bipartisan letter to Japanese Ambassador Shinsuke Sugiyama encouraging the Japanese government to act in good faith and resolve all remaining international parental abduction cases of American citizen ch
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, special agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s (SBI) Northern Piedmont District office arrested Harold Lester Mabe, 63, at his home in Stokes County at approximately 6:45 am. Mabe is a member of the Stokes County Board of Elect
by Joe Coletti President Trump signed a number of executive orders to circumvent a congressional impasse over another round of government relief and stimulus. Yuval Levin and Adam C. White provide a detailed critique of this return to Obama-era policymaking without regard to the co
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Dropped lawsuit: Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has dropped his lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper over the governor’s COVID-19 executive orders. Josh Stei
