by Joe Coletti On August 12 the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced it had made “corrections to the state’s daily and cumulated completed COVID-19 test counts after discovering a discrepancy in testing data that had been submitted by LabCorp.” The discrepa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of 24 Senators sent a letter to Senate leadership, renewing the push for inclusion of aid for charitable nonprofits in upcoming coronavirus relief legislation. Charitable nonprofits have been essential partners in the fig
by Brenée Goforth History repeats itself, but with slight variations. The high-rise jeans of today’s Tik Tok teens hit different than the stiff acid-washed denim from the 1980s, but they elicit déjà vu nonetheless. Likewise, the global pandemic of today is a somewhat different monste
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced its selection of an additional vendor — StarMed Urgent and Family Care, P.A. — based in North Carolina, to continue surging COVID-19 testing capacity in the state. These new community testing sites build on North Ca
by Kari Travis A group of North Carolina gym owners say Gov. Roy Cooper’s continued shutdown is wrongfully painting gyms as dangerous carriers of the coronavirus. Data from other states — and countries — show gyms may be a low-risk carrier for COVID-19 if they adhere
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is expanding the Hope4Healers Helpline (919-226-2002) to serve North Carolina’s teachers, school personnel and their families. With schools opening in-person and remotely across the state under new heal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Mike Braun (R-IN) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve urging them to improve the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) to help small and mid-sized employers
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, N.C. -- Businesses and nonprofit organizations in North Carolina that have experienced interruption due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic could qualify for up to $250,000 from a new state grant program, Governor Roy Cooper announced this week. The Department of Commerce is now accepting
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Families and caregivers in need of child care for children up to age 12 can call the child care hotline at 1-888-600-1685 to be connected directly to care options in their community that meet their families’ needs. "This hotline can help connect families with child care o
b y Lindsay Marchello 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. Standardized testing: Little Timmy still has to attend school for standardized tests, regardless of whether he
RALEIGH, N.C. -- State prison officials have completed COVID-19 tests of all offenders in state prisons and the results show 2.1 percent were positive for the virus in a six-week mass testing operation. Of the 29,062 offenders who were tested during mass testing, a total of 619 tested positive
