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The University of North Carolina System will ask the General Assembly for roughly $45 million in one-time money to deal with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — all while cutting other budget requests to include only “must do” items.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The grassroots group ReopenNC has asked Gov. Roy Cooper and the chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners to clarify COVID-19-related emergency orders, claiming they violate constitutional rights of free assembly and free exercise of religion.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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“Today, I want to tell North Carolinians that in order to ease restrictions we need to make progress in three areas: testing, tracing, and trends,” Gov. Roy Cooper said during his Wednesday, April 15, news conference.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s going to take the University of North Carolina System longer than expected to find a new president, thanks to COVID-19-related disruptions.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 4:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s irresponsible of some politicians to use faith to lure people into endangering themselves, their family, and their own congregation, Gov. Roy Cooper said during a Friday, April 17, news conference.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 8:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University senior Anna Willis wants to make sure every student is counted in the 2020 census.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 5:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The coronavirus outbreak is ravaging North Carolina’s health care system — threatening to shutter medical practices and worsen shortages of care during the coronavirus surge.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 12:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican lawmakers are considering temporarily expanding Medicaid to cover uninsured residents’ coronavirus testing and treatment, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said during a meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Even as many businesses try to get forgivable loans to keep their employees at work, others are furloughing or laying off workers because unemployment benefits through July will be much more generous than whatever the business could pay.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 7:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper wants people to think about reopening the economy as a light dimmer, not an on/off switch.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two state senators are asking Gov. Roy Cooper to respond to Raleigh police’s decision to end Tuesday’s protest from the Reopen NC group.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers gave Wake Forest Baptist Health $100,000 for random antibody testing to gather data on how many N.C. residents had the coronavirus.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Here is an update based on the latest model trends this afternoon and evening.
Published: Monday, April 20th, 2020 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our office is currently monitoring an approaching low pressure that will bring rain, as well as the potential for severe weather into our area this afternoon though tomorrow.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 4:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Parents shouldn’t be afraid to homeschool their children, says Sam Sorbo, actress, author, and homeschooling activist.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 9:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former East Carolina basketball coach Charlie Harrison, who guided the Pirates for five seasons in the 1980s, passed away on Monday, April 13, at the age of 70.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 9:04 am
By: ECU Sports
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North Carolina’s prisons will begin releasing some inmates in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Liquor sales at Wake County stores, within the first 10 days of the shutdown last month, shot up some 80%, says Ike Wheeler.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former East Carolina defensive tackle Alex Turner, a three-year starter and team captain, has earned membership into the 2020 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society according to a release from the NFF & College Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 2:58 am
By: ECU Sports
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The coronavirus did what years of lawmaking and lawsuits failed to do — pushed North Carolina to temporarily waive barriers on telemedicine and the controversial certificate of need laws that restrict the supply of health care.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2020 @ 2:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina merchants will have even fewer shoppers next week, thanks to an executive order Gov. Roy Cooper announced at a Thursday, April 9 news conference.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2020 @ 10:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every level of government has shifted its focus to respond to the spreading coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 9:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A list of COVID-19 recommendations from the State Board of Elections is apt to hit a nerve with legislative Republicans.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 4:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU psychologist offers tips for coping with COVID-19-related cabin fever, stress
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 4:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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The general counsel of the NC Chamber offered an ominous prediction this week.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s hospitals asked for $3 billion from Congress’s $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 11:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Allen builds confidence in chemistry
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 12:06 am
By: ECU News Services
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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, April 13th, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We are continuing to monitor an approaching cold front that has the potential to bring severe weather to Eastern NC tonight through tomorrow.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 @ 11:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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