by John Hood I have repeatedly criticized Roy Cooper’s troubling efforts to amass power in the governor’s office at the expense of other elected state leaders, local governments, and private citizens. I have related the history of Cooper’s conflict with the General Assembly. I
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, Israel formally normalized relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain in a deal brokered by the Trump Administration called the Abraham Accords. The UAE and Bahrain are now the third and fourth countries in the Middle East to open dip
The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program ( NCGHSP ) is working with researchers this month to determine the statewide official seat belt use rate. “Researchers will be observing several areas, primarily our larger metropolitan: Mecklenburg County which has experienced a sharp d
RALEIGH – Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued an order Monday extending emergency directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order extends all unexpired Emergency Directives. While most have been extended for an additional 30 days, Emergency Directive 6, which authorizes service of ce
MOREHEAD CITY – The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ spending plan for federal CARES Act fisheries assistance has been approved by NOAA Fisheries. The state now awaits notification from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission that the $5.4 million has been awarded. The spending pla
RALEIGH – Beginning this week, North Carolinians have fun, new lottery games to play called Fast Play where players can win a jackpot − or other prizes − instantly. Fast Play games are the first new type of games offered by the N.C. Education Lottery in three years. They are the first lottery
RALEIGH — Health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are urging North Carolina residents to protect themselves, their families and those around them by getting vaccinated against Influenza as the state enters flu season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “T
by Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says nearly 50 N.C. Democratic House lawmakers and candidates have backed a dangerous pledge to defund the police, but House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says that’s a lie.
RALEIGH — On Tuesday the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced its selection of an additional vendor, Optum Serve, to continue surging COVID-19 testing capacity in the state. These new community testing sites build on North Carolina’s ongoing work to increase access to tes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to The Walt Disney Company’s Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, inquiring about Disney’s cooperation with Xinjiang’s security and propaganda authorities in the production of the movie Mulan. For year
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality seeks public comment on the Addendum to the Consent Order , which requires significant additional actions by Chemours to prevent PFAS pollution from entering the Cape Fear River via contaminated groundwater from the Fayetteville Wor
by John Hood RALEIGH — North Carolina’s state government began its 2020-21 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in cash left over from last year plus another $1.8 billion in rainy-day funds and other earmarked reserves. Since then, the state has collected some $1.5 billion more in General F
