The audit found as of June 30, OSBM disbursed $740 million to state agencies, $38 million to public schools and higher education, and $524 million for employee bonuses and benefits
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Rep. Ben Moss, R-Moore, announced on Tuesday that he intends to run for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 12:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Spring Lake's former town finance director faces four years in prison after admitting to embezzling more than $500,000.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There are six remaining municipalities under the LGC financial control, including Kingstown, Cliffside Sanitary District, Robersonville, Eureka, Spring Lake, and East Laurinburg.
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell will not approve payment for Spring Lake's newly hired town manager Justine Jones.
Published: Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 @ 9:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The former town manager of Spring Lake, Gay Cameron Tucker, pleaded guilty in September to embezzling more than $500,000 from the town.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 11:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Chair of Local Government Commission Concerned Over Board of Alderman's Town Manager Pick; Spring Lake Still Reeling From Two Adverse Audits; Introducing Additional Potential Risk Is Unwise
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 4:28 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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N.C. A&T procures over $100,000 of services without following bidding procedures.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Approximately $166 million in unemployment benefits were paid out incorrectly over the last several years in North Carolina. That’s according to a report from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 7:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina can take a pension away from the period of time that a person is indicted or convicted of embezzlement or a sex crime, etc. under a felony forfeiture law.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 9:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a YouTube video two candidates for Johnston County School Board call for a state audit of the system's finances.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 3:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The legislature has passed several measures in the past two years that local distillers say have benefitted their business operations and improved their relationship with the state ABC Commission.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Staff errors led to a series of financial missteps at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, according to the results of a new audit from the office of N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 1:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Folwell said some audit firms have been slow in completing local government audits or not communicating or responding to queries about the status of outstanding audits, in turn leaving communities in non-compliance with the state.
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 6:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Local Government Commission Continues Grappling With Missing Government Audits
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 9:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Laurinburg became an unincorporated part of Scotland County July 1, due to financial mismanagement and statutory violations.
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A North Carolina House bill aimed at protecting consumers from being financially destroyed by medical debt was filed Tuesday, May 24.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 7:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Auditor Beth Wood released a report that states the town manager of the Town of Franklinton made $37,900 in purchases without following the formal bidding requirements in violation of the town’s purchasing policy.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Proposed Legislation is a Pro-Family, Anti-Poverty Consumer Protection Law
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bridges Academy falsified student enrollment records to obtain $404,971 in state funding to which it was not entitled.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 9:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Another report out this week from the N.C. Office of the State Auditor shows inadequate monitoring of funds and deficiencies from departments including the N.C. Department of Public Safety and N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood’s office recently issued an audit that shows millions of dollars of Hurricane Florence disaster recovery funds were distributed with limited monitoring and/or without ensuring all recipients had a method to measure the results.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Golden LEAF Foundation failed to monitor how $83 million in federal money from the COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program were used, a new audit finds.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Spring Lake Town Attorney Announces His Departure; Action Ensures Looming Payroll Will be Processed; Comes on Heels of Adverse State Audit
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2022 @ 12:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state auditor’s office found that a former accounting technician in the town of Spring Lake misappropriated more than $430,000 in taxpayer funds for personal use and has referred its report to the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation for a possible criminal investigation.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 11:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nearly half a billion dollars in first-time unemployment benefits in North Carolina were not paid out in a timely manner during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 @ 5:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state auditor’s office found that Johnson County Sheriff Steve Bizzell bought vehicles and gas masks without obtaining the proper written quotes, in violation of the county’s purchasing policy.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 11:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Combined General and Transportation Funds' Debt Service is Projected to Peak at 2.61% in FY 2023
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Catherine Truitt is concerned the state isn’t doing enough to prepare students to work if they choose not to go to college after high school.
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith benefitted from using confidential town information in her real estate company’s purchase of a former police station site in 2018
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 9:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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City Officials Have Not Filed Required Audits for Past Two Years, Raising Serious Concerns
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Auditor Beth Wood is investigating the city of Goldsboro over possible mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 11:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new year ushers in new laws in North Carolina. Here are the laws that took effect on Jan. 1.
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 4:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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