SALISBURY, N.C. -- Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a leading manufacturer of automotive and heavy truck composite components, will expand its operations in North Carolina to create 61 jobs. The company will make a capital investment of $45 million to add new capabilities to its Salisbury faci
by 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. Education team-up: Three N.C. families are joining the Institute for Justice , intervening in a lawsuit threat
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 18 grant requests to local governments totaling $4,847,243. The requests include commitments to create a total of 590 jobs, 296 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attra
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The U.S. Small Business Administration granted Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for a disaster declaration for small businesses and homeowners facing damage from a tornado that struck as Hurricane Isaias passed through the state on Aug. 4. “With a tornado on top of a pandemic, this
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina on Wednesday. Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board: Florence Stein of
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Roy Cooper today signed and submitted a request to the U.S. Small Business Administration to grant a disaster declaration for Bertie and surrounding counties to provide low-interest disaster loans to residents and businesses who suffered losses from a tornado that struck as Hur
RALEIGH, N.C. -- People living and working in 11 rural counties will get expanded high-speed internet service thanks to more than $12 million in grants. Governor Roy Cooper, along with the NC Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) and its Broadband Infrastructure Office (BIO), announced today
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, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 158 to implement fair chance policies at state agencies to increase employment opportunities for people with criminal records. The Order is effective immediately and will be implemented by November 1, 2020. North Carolina will join 35
by John Hood In this year that sometimes feels like a decade, North Carolinians have yet to cast a single general-election ballot for president or other offices. But I’m seeing lots of politicos and pundits making confident predictions about the state’s key electoral contests based o
by Julie Havlak, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lawmakers are trying to fix the Department of Transportation’s spending problems that triggered mass layoffs, project delays, and chaos in the transportation industry. The department’s overspending exposed failures in oversight, b
by John Trump Ketch Secor of the energetic American roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and a few of his talented friends streamed a concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend. In eloquent music parlance, they killed it. One song, “Wagon Wheel,” though
