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A follow-up report from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has uncovered additional alleged financial management failures in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, including roughly $15 million in expenditures that were kept off the district’s books for months.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2026 @ 11:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A D.C. judge granted an injunction against Pete Marocco after a Zambian consulting firm said it would have to lay off workers.
Published: Saturday, July 12th, 2025 @ 5:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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'We want Americans to know that this is what your taxpayer money is going toward.'
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 @ 8:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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Charlotte Airport, Spectrum Center, Other Requests Totaling Over $1 Billion in Financing Win Approval
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 10:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Long-term incompetence in the Elizabeth City Finance Department has led to financial woes for the city
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 9:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, the only explanation I can offer for why Trump and Biden are tied at 43 percent in the New York Times presidential poll released Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 9:40 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Christian Action League
Published: Saturday, August 26th, 2023 @ 12:39 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Yellow, a trucking company that has been around for 99 years, will be filing for bankruptcy — costing up to 30,000 jobs, according to the company’s union.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 1:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The stars of “Chrisley Knows Best” were sentenced on Monday to federal prison after being convicted for a slew of financial crimes in June.
Published: Monday, November 28th, 2022 @ 9:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Todd and Julie Chrisley seemed to have it all: Money, a loving family, and a popular reality TV show called “Chrisley Knows Best.”
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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Fishing, farming and forestry have historic foundations in our state. We also have a history of migration, moving from easternmost to increasingly westward locations.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State auditors found that a former finance officer in the troubled municipality of East Laurinburg used town taxpayer money on personal expenses, which resulted in overdrafts of the town’s bank account.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent study published by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 53% of adults in the United States say their mental health has been negatively impacted due to worry and stress over the coronavirus.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2021 @ 12:23 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In the “Roaring Twenties” times were good for many and there was optimism for the future.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2020 @ 5:29 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, JLF’s Joe Coletti wrote a research brief on how North Carolina could use its funds to respond to the economic fallout of the Coronavirus.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 11:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina continues to roll out Medicaid managed care, despite a lack of funding from the legislature and a lawsuit pending against one of the insurers slotted to become a managed care organization.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2019 @ 7:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At almost the same moment our state was boasting of a $900 million cash surplus, one important sector of state government was encountering serious shortfalls.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the biennial budget bill, saying North Carolina residents are dying because Republicans won’t expand Medicaid rolls.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 1:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate, in a 33-11 vote, approved a bill giving charter school operators the option to bypass local county commissioners in winning approval of charter facility bonds.
Published: Monday, May 13th, 2019 @ 11:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Budget deadlines in our state and another provide a healthy perspective on North Carolina's finances
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 11:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week, by a vote of 114-1, the NC House passed House Bill 620. The bill provides a routine legislative blessing for annual UNC capital projects, which campuses fund with their own revenues or receipts and not General Fund appropriations
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 2:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In what had once been a land of opportunity and progress, the state had grown large and oppressive. Its leaders lost their way. Its people nearly lost their freedom
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Saturday (April 30, 2016) the NAACP/Belhaven's Press Conference was a "Come to Jesus" moment for the "Save Our Hospital" movement.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 9:02 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Here is a starting point for your consideration on my previous post of statements which provided no answers.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:07 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I offer these as a starting point for reflective thought, in hopes that you can discuss this with your circle of friends. We are into the real political season now (Really?) and for most of us the opportunity to vote will occur in March this year.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The prime example of Tax Avoidance is Wal Mart. Their recent and best scheme yet is their new creation of Shell Corps in another Country which fosters Tax Hiding of Assets.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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House Minority Leader Larry Hall's bill imposing new financial accountability measures on charter schools is regulatory overkill that will hinder the schools' operation, critics warn.
Published: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dana Cope has stepped on some powerful toes during his tenure as head of the state employees union here in North Carolina. Most of them have been on the starboard side of the political spectrum.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 3:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper visited East Carolina University on Thursday as part of an initiative to educate college consumers on making wise financial choices.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 2:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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