by Julie Havlak When she found a job in May, Greensboro resident Alyssa Trent started working in a call center for unemployment benefits. Now she worries she will need those benefits herself. Trent is a working mother, and she faces a grim choice. If schools don’t reopen, she can’t kee
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On July 8 by the State Water Infrastructure Authority approved $194 million in loans and grants to help pay for 54 drinking water and wastewater projects. The authority is an independent body with primary responsibility for awarding federal and state funding for water and
by Governor Roy Cooper Next week, thousands of North Carolinians who are out of work due to COVID-19 will see a drastic reduction in their unemployment benefits despite this pandemic being far from over. The additional $600 a week unemployed workers have received from the Feder
by Dr. Terry Stoops A Union County teacher recently declared, “This might be rude, but I don’t care about parent child care issues. That should not be a valid reason for opening schools. #ihave3” Of the 367 comments to that Facebook post, a sizable majority agreed. “It’s
by John Hood For inveterate optimists, the past several months have been excruciating. A global pandemic has produced great suffering and death. A protest movement that began with righteous anger about the death of George Floyd has devolved in all too many locations into vandalism, l
by Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH, N.C. — The turmoil surrounding COVID-19 derailed much of the work the General Assembly had done before the pandemic. Battles over redistricting reform, tax relief, teacher pay, and hemp legislation disappeared from the headlin
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is taking further action to prevent and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks among the agricultural workforce, delivering critical personal protection equipment for use by agricultural workers across the state. “Agri
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has approved a third vendor, NC Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA), to expand free COVID-19 testing to historically marginalized communities that currently have limited testing sites. So far, Vidant Health
by Kari Travis Elizabeth Robinson, owner of Fairwood Lanes in Roanoke Rapids, helps at the bar during a final night of bowling on July 18. (Photo by Kari Travis) On Saturday night, Jennifer Clapton stood in a brightly lit bowling alley, watching her autistic, 22-year-old son laugh
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper recently sent a letter to the North Carolina Congressional Delegation asking for their continued support addressing the critical needs of the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Cooper called on the delegation to help North Carolina accomplish a complete
RALEIGH, N.C. – In two weeks, over 750 recent law school graduates and other applicants will travel to Raleigh and sit in close proximity to each other for two days while taking the N.C. Bar Exam. A Raleigh law firm representing an immunocompromised law school graduate is calling on Governor Roy Coo
RALEIGH, N.C. -- In the interest of protecting the state bond ratings, State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell, CPA, recently called for N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary J. Eric Boyette to replace the department’s chief operating and financial officers. Treasurer Folwell previously called for Gov
