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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina was selected as a partner in the EVeryone Charging Forward™ program, a $30-million, 10-year initiative of the Siemens Foundation.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 2:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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In a historic announcement, the Catholic Church has officially granted sainthood to Bandit Heeler, father of the titular character on the popular animated program Bluey. Bandit is both the first dog as well as the first animated fictional character to be granted sainthood.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 12:41 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A bill passed through the North Carolina House Education Committee on March 28 would require public schools to offer character education in all grade levels in public schools. The intent of the program is to reduce bullying and harassment behavior.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Pitt Community College is growing its career and technical education (CTE) programs by working with Pitt County Schools high school students to help fill local employer needs.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected two medical testing vendors with experience operating K-12 testing programs
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rockingham County one of four counties selected for NC DHHS $25 cash card vaccine incentive pilot program starting June 1
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 6:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected 17 school districts and 11 charter schools to participate in a pilot program to deploy COVID-19 rapid testing in K-12 public schools where any in-person instruction is happening.
Published: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As expected, a government loan program that quickly issued money during a crisis ended up getting defrauded.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 6:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Starting today, families impacted by school closings due to COVID-19 are beginning to receive additional food benefits as part of the new Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program announced by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 10:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced that over 200,000 people impacted by Hurricane Florence have been served through the Hope 4 NC behavioral health crisis counseling program since September 2018.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 7:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, has resurrected a loan program aimed at saving rural hospitals from financial ruin.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolinians impacted by Hurricane Florence have one week from Thursday left to register for assistance programs with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 11:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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Starting Thursday, residents of Chatham, Durham and Guilford counties impacted by Hurricane Florence will be able to apply for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "D-SNAP."
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 2:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper has asked President Trump for an official waiver that will allow more North Carolinians impacted by recent hurricanes to receive more funding through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster-Relief (CDBG-DR) program
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 5:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Thursday is Deadline for People Impacted by Hurricane to Apply for Help Buying Food in Greene CountyThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reminding people impacted by Hurricane Florence that applications for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "D-SNAP," will be accepted no later than Thursday, Oct. 11 in Greene County
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 @ 7:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, the White House released a run-down on its new proposal regarding the handling of illegal immigrants originally protected under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 2:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Small businesses and workers in areas impacted by Hurricane Matthew will get more help to recover thanks to two programs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 10:35 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on the administration's expected announcement to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and on his intention to introduce legislation addressing the legal status of undocumented children
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2017 @ 3:46 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Fifty-two students from 10 of North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been selected to participate in the North Carolina Governor's HBCU Internship Program this summer
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's Mona Amin is one of 19 students from across the country selected for a prestigious student entrepreneur program.
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2016 @ 5:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As of January 31, state government had collected $12.1 billion in General Fund revenue and expended $11.2 billion on education, Medicaid, and other state programs since the beginning of the 2015-16 fiscal year
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate on Tuesday rejected a last-minute amendment that would expand Medicaid eligibility, and with 34-10 bipartisan support passed a bill making sweeping changes to the government insurance program for the poor, elderly, and disabled.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 3:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to recent reports, the federal government administers 126 separate programs directed at low-income households. Many of these programs are administered in partnership with state governments, while state and local governments provide still more separate programs. Spending on these...
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two of the co-founders of Cary-based software company SAS Institute Inc. - James H. Goodnight and John P. Sall - appear to have collected tax credits totaling more than $3 million from the state's renewable energy program even as their company is pushing state political leaders to maintain tax subsi
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Richard Burr (R-NC) announced the selection of two North Carolina students for the 53rd United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A day after President Obama unexpectedly unveiled a plan offering more than $34 billion in subsidies for community college tuition to millions of Americans, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th District, chastened the president for his "bad habit" of creating programs without funding mechanisms.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the North Carolina legislature convenes in January 2015, the North Carolina Community College Presidents and system office are expected to make a "significant pay increase" for our faculty and staff the top priority in the expansion budget - which funds new programs and expenses - for the...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 11:04 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Governor Pat McCrory and the state of North Carolina have been selected for a nationally recognized program that will support its efforts to strengthen the state's workforce.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 6:08 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Theater arts, physical therapy, nursing, engineering and business are a few of the planned fields of study for 20 incoming freshmen selected for East Carolina University's prestigious EC Scholars Program.
Published: Friday, May 23rd, 2014 @ 9:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Duke Energy has selected five North Carolina properties for participation in its 2014 Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for potential industrial development.
Published: Monday, April 21st, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been selected as a finalist to receive the VitalHearts: Secondary Trauma Resiliency program as part of the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Institute for Justice has joined the school choice fight in North Carolina. The Arlington, Va.-based libertarian legal defense group is representing parents of North Carolina children seeking to defend the state's recently enacted Opportunity Scholarship Program, often referred to as vouchers.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory praised the character building programs of the YMCA at the Greater YMCA of Charlotte's 20th Annual Martin Luther King Holiday Prayer Breakfast held Monday at the Charlotte Convention Center.
Published: Monday, January 20th, 2014 @ 11:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new Commerce Department program designed to consolidate information collected by the state on job openings and career development is expected to reduce taxpayer spending by roughly $800,000 a year compared with outlays on existing programs. But several lawmakers question whether the state...
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the fact that North Carolina has rejected expanding Medicaid to some citizens - fewer than 500,000 - the state has not rejected the federal health law's Medicaid expansion in its entirety. North Carolina has, in fact, expanded its broken entitlement program.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a part of Beaufort County Schools Character Education program, Chocowinity Middle School nominated students during the month of March for the character trait of Cleanliness.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A regulatory oversight panel Thursday rejected an effort by the N.C. Child Care Commission to ban religious instruction at schools held at religious facilities that participate in the NC Pre-K program.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bath Elementary School is proud to announce the winners of the Character Education Trait program for January, 2013.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 8:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Newly elected Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the newly reelected Republican legislature may have an ambitious agenda for dramatically cutting taxes or adding new programs to the state budget.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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