RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen were joined today by education and health leaders to announce health and safety plans for K-12 public schools for the new school year. Schools will open for in-person i
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA) recently led a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging the next round of COVID-19 assistance adequately address the magnitude of the losses felt throughout the cotton
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A recent poll from Public Policy Polling (PPP), a Democratic polling firm based in Raleigh, indicates that Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham has a net favorability rating 31 points better than incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis. The poll also shows Cunningham with a 47
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: Senate Bill 226: Delay Certain ABC Permit Renewal Payments.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has announced community testing events in Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford, Johnston, Northampton, Sampson and Wake counties as part of the initiative to increase access to free COVID-19 testing for historically marginal
RALEIGH, N.C. -- ecoEXPLORE, an initiative of The North Carolina Arboretum that encourages kids to connect with the outdoors and engage in citizen science online, is partnering with the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in a new badge challenge for kids centered on hydrology and
by Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — While public schools wait for Gov. Roy Cooper to decide how classes will look this year, private schools are finalizing plans for reopening. Unlike traditional public schools, private schools — which aren’t subject to the sa
by Kevin Austin Governor Cooper should leave school reopening plans to each of our 115 individual School Districts, and here is why. In North Carolina, Local Education Agencies (LEAs) are uniquely positioned to understand all of the factors involved in how to best provide the Constitu
by Mitch Kokai Checks and balances within our government’s structure play an important role. When they work, they ensure no politician grabs more power than he’s allowed to use. But a lawsuit over Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 executive orders reminds us that checks and balances c
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On July 13, 2020, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (CA-37), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (MS-02), and Congresswoman Ba
The legislation would increase access to telehealth services for addiction treatment by permanently allowing the prescribing of Medication Assisted Therapies (MAT) and other necessary drugs without needing a prior in-person visit. It also makes permanent the ability to bill Medicare for aud
Today, the House Appropriations Committee provided first-time funding of $15 million for the World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program, a new program which Congressman David Price has championed alongside Rep. Don Young (R-AK) for many years. The language in the FY2021 Defense Approp
