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The coronavirus recession, the Great Lockdown, and the Great Suppression are all terms used to describe the global economic downturn produced by COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Students’ life-changing trips to other countries altered by pandemic
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Some Senate Republicans want to take the teeth from Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 emergency executive orders, which they say are killing small businesses.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation overspent its budget by $742 million last year, a new state audit report shows.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2020 @ 4:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After Gov. Roy Cooper ordered restaurants and bars closed starting March 16 due to the coronavirus, unemployment benefit claims in North Carolina skyrocketed.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus has spread beyond the threat of infection.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper was noncommittal during a Monday, May 4 news conference on whether the state will begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions on May 8, or extend the order.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 2:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly passed two bills to deal with fallout from COVID-19.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 12:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina and across the country, Americans have coalesced into two angry factions based on how they feel about statewide lockdown orders like the one that Gov. Roy Cooper imposed on North Carolinians last month.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 5:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Appropriation leaders in the House and Senate are busy working behind closed doors to find consensus on a COVID-19 relief package.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 7:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 trends are headed in the right direction, Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday, April 30, but North Carolinians are going to be at home at least a week longer — and most shuttered businesses won’t be up-and-running again anytime soon.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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. Here’s this week’s review
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s not clear whether a person in North Carolina who has pleaded guilty to murder can later turn to DNA evidence to win his freedom.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday evening passed by a 48-0 vote a $1.2-billion bill distributing money for COVID-19 relief statewide.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 12:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House is wasting little time addressing the challenges COVID-19 has posed to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 4th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. House members took on a host of time-sensitive issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic during a Wednesday, April 29, meeting of the House Pensions and Retirement Committee.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 @ 1:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. General Assembly has tough decisions to make, and little time to make them.
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Steve Pinkerton is a business owner who now does little business.
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 2:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The professional left’s work-equals-death argument is an irresponsible misrepresentation of the movement to reopen North Carolina’s economy
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 1:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An 87-year-old doctor set up a hotspot in a rural eastern North Carolina parking lot to treat patients who don’t have internet access and can’t do virtual visits at home.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 8:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Students won’t return to classrooms this school year, but instead will continue learning from home.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 5:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The professional left’s work-equals-death argument is an irresponsible misrepresentation of the movement to reopen North Carolina’s economy
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Our office is currently monitoring an approaching cold front that will bring strong winds and the potential for severe weather to our area tomorrow.
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 11:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s economy has been devastated by the decisions of Gov. Roy Cooper and state and local officials in their attempt to ameliorate the effects of COVID-19.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 9:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education working group has approved an education omnibus bill providing regulatory relief and support for North Carolina’s K-12 and higher education systems.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers will consider a $688 million spending bill and a series of policy reforms, after money and policy draft bills passed the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group Thursday, April 23.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gary Salamido, president of the NC Chamber, is the lone business representative on Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 task force.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 3:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After weeks of waiting and hours on the phone, Laura Reich, a Matthews resident and dental hygienist who lost her job March 17, finally got the unemployment pay promised her by North Carolina and the federal government.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 3:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Here is a PDF version of the latest Coronavirus updates regarding Beaufort County the Region and North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The protest was larger, the signs more prevalent. A form of detente established between police and demonstrators.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 8:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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