RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in alerting consumers of adverse health effects associated with methanol-contaminated hand sanitizers. The warni
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Senator Thom Tillis
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to a recent survey by Gallup, just under half of U.S. adults (47%) say the issue of abortion will be just one of many important factors in their vote for a candidate for a major office, while 25% do not consider it a major issue. At the same time, the 24% of U.S. adults
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A news release from Senator Thom Tillis
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper vetoed one bill and allowed another to become law without his signature on Monday. Cooper vetoed the Senate Bill 168, entitled DHHS & Other Revisions. Cooper said, "Senate Bill 168 includes a provision to change the handling of public r
by Emma Schambach, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Incoming University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans has accepted a $400,000 base salary — significantly less than the earnings of some peers and predecessors. But the pay, outlined in a five-year contract, is accompanie
by Mitch Kokai Local and national headlines have highlighted recent battles involving history. There’s the ongoing dispute over toppling Confederate monuments . Some question the merits and demerits of American Founders . We even see debate about whether 1776 or 1619 ma
RALEIGH, N.C. -- According to a release from the N.C. Department of Health & Human Services, North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. -- N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has been chosen to receive the Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. Public Service Award from the North Carolina Bar Association. She is the 15th recipient of the award. Marshall has served as the N.C. Secretary of State since 1997. When sh
RICHMOND, Va. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) and Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (“ACP”) due to ongoing delays and increasing cost uncertainty which threaten the economic viability of the project. Thomas F. Farrell, II, D
by Julie Havlak , Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday signed a Medicaid transformation bill that ends years of wrangling with legislators over the issue. Transformation privatizes the management of the state’s Medicaid program. The state will pay five m
by John Hood If you are among the minority of North Carolinians who haven’t supported the expansion of parental choice in education over the past two decades — in the form of charter schools, open enrollment among district schools, and aid to private-school students who have special needs or
