Two weeks ago, the NC Department of Commerce released a report highlighting our state’s dramatic reduction in poverty rates over the decade spanning 2013-2023, registering one of the steepest declines in poverty across the country. It’s powerful news, indicating something profoundly positive about the economic landscape in the Tar Heel State.
A bill to provide more transparency to the public regarding performance and disciplinary records of government employees moved one step closer to becoming law Monday evening as House Bill 64, Government Transparency Act of 2021, passed its third reading in the N.C. Senate. If enacted as law, the new requirements would apply to state employees and workers in local school districts, counties, cities, and colleges and universities.
