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The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Finance Committee will hold it's meeting on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd St, Washington, NC
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper sought common ground during his first State of the State address to the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Monday night
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County is pleased to announce that Mr. Carnie E. Hedgepeth has been named the new Emergency Services Director for the County
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2017 @ 1:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed borrowing $350.7 million for state government structures and buildings in the University of North Carolina system
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers are trying to make it easier for broadband providers to reach that last lonely house on that far-away dirt road
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, wants to scale back North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates and find out how much renewable power actually goes on the grid.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A compromise vehicle for the controversial "bathroom bill" could exact political consequences on Republican General Assembly leaders and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, one political analyst says
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for March 13, 2017
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 5:30
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2017 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for March 6, 2017 - CIP Review
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 4:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposal to try to lure the film industry to make movies, TV shows, and commercials in North Carolina by returning to an abandoned tax incentives program is meeting resistance
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After weeks of ducking constitutionally mandated Senate confirmation hearings, a contrite Larry Hall appeared under subpoena before the Commerce and Insurance Committee on Thursday, answered questions at length, and was approved unanimously for recommendation to the full Senate for confirmation as s
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 6, 2017 at 5:30P, or soon thereafter, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners (County) will hold a public hearing to receive public comments on a proposed public-private economic development partnership with the Beaufort County Committee of 100 (C-100).
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are monitoring the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms across Eastern NC late tonight.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I know how busy you folks are so I just wanted to alert you of a higher than normal risk of Brush Fires tomorrow from mid-morning through sunset.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 9:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is notifying affected citizens and the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights of a Nov. 30, 2016, incident in which protected health information was sent to health care providers via an unencrypted email
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 11:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Campbell University law Professor Greg Wallace says a simple repeal of House Bill 2 being pushed by Gov. Roy Cooper would put the state back in a "gray area" regarding municipal authority over nondiscrimination ordinances
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 12:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Washington City Council Meeting Agenda for February 27, 2017
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @ 11:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State House members continue to push for a constitutional amendment to protect private landowners' from eminent domain seizures for economic development projects
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans in the General Assembly have contended nonpartisan elections mask important candidate information from the voting public
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2017 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at beefing up the state's rainy day fund
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2017 @ 8:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Media law experts believe the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission violated the spirit — if not the letter — of state laws requiring the conduct of public meetings in a transparent manner
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2017 @ 9:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Jerry Tillman, R-Randolph, has a reputation for being plain-spoken
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Due to a scheduling conflict the City of Washington/Beaufort County EMS Committee meeting that was scheduled for Thursday, February 16, 2017 has been cancelled
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 @ 11:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks of President Donald J. Trump - As Prepared for Delivery
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 @ 4:39 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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North Carolina should end the budget year more than a half-billion dollars above revenue projections, and House and Senate Republican leadership swiftly credited their tax-cutting, and regulatory-relief policies for the positive budget news
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed an emergency motion with the state Supreme Court petitioning for reinstatement of a preliminary injunction or issuance of a stay blocking a Court of Appeals ruling to allow the merger of the state Board of Elections and Ethics Commission to proceed
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The inarticulate, bombastic and often politically incorrect President-elect Trump is slowly on growing me.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 11:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Haywood County Superior Court jury on Thursday convicted 52-year-old Dewey George Gidcumb Jr. of voting twice in North Carolina's March 2016 primary, a Class I felony
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 8:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An empty chair was pulled up to a scuffed table, upon which rested a tablet, a pencil, and a name card for "Larry Hall."
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The chairman of the N.C. Military Affairs Commission refused to allow a presentation at an open committee meeting Tuesday because a Carolina Journal reporter was in attendance
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An evening TV news program showing a traffic stop “that got out of hand and escalated” led Rep. Ken Goodman, D-Richmond, to introduce a bill requiring instructions of how motorists should interact with police
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2017 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has added a communications director whose name may be familiar to regular readers of Carolina Journal
Published: Saturday, February 4th, 2017 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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