RALEIGH: Lynddahl Telecom America Inc. (LTA), a duct solutions company for fiber optics installations, will create 54 new jobs in Gaston County, Governor Cooper announced today.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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Not enough preparedness and no timeline.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2024 @ 12:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Late Tuesday evening, Senate Bill 90, previously known as the Searches of Student’s Person bill, was almost entirely revised and reintroduced in the House under the new name of the Children’s Law Omnibus bill.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bill provides 25-year window for civil action to be brought by impacted minors.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, the Senate Health Care Committee passed House Bill 808 (H.B. 808), which would prohibit medical professionals from performing surgical gender transition procedures, giving puberty-blocking drugs, or giving cross-sex hormones to minors.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 12:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case involving Wake Forest's decision in 2020 to block construction of a new charter school in town.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, for the first time since 2018, the North Carolina House successfully voted to override a Governor Cooper veto on Senate Bill 41. The bill will now become law.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 8:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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A bill meant to curb the teaching of elements of Critical Race Theory in public school classrooms fell short of gaining any Democrat support in the North Carolina House on March 22.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans moved a bill through the House Education Committee on March 14 that would prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory in North Carolina public school classrooms.
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 11:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that won approval by the House Education Committee on March 14 would give North Carolina public school districts more leeway in creating disciplinary policies in classrooms.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A measure to require students to take a computer science course prior to graduating high school passed through the North Carolina House Education Committee Feb. 14.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 @ 10:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, broke ranks with her party to support an amendment that could shift the balance of power on the N.C. State Board of Education.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 4:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee passed a bill Jan. 31 that directs federal COVID-19 relief dollars to fund a new software program for remedying learning loss.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An N.C. House standing committee first met in January to discuss ways to improve K-12 public education. This week, the committee approved its final set of recommendations.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hans Kissle to add 219 new jobs in Gaston County
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 9:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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Caves in to Roy Cooper's radical energy plan - Green New Deal
Published: Thursday, October 7th, 2021 @ 6:43 pm
By: John Steed
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One of the most hotly debated bills of the legislative section cleared its final hurdle Wednesday, Sept. 1, and now heads to Gov. Roy Cooper, who could add the measure to his growing list of vetoes.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 9:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislators in both the N.C. House and Senate took a short break from pressing business today to mark the 91st birthday of Thomas Sowell.
Published: Friday, July 9th, 2021 @ 3:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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KNOLL America Inc., a supplier of conveyor and filtration systems, will create 31 new jobs in Gaston County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, June 24th, 2021 @ 9:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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A new wave of legislation emerged across the country following the publication of the New York Times series, The 1619 Project
Published: Monday, May 31st, 2021 @ 8:32 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Lt. Governor and State Superintendent Support Legislation
Published: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 6:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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“This bill does not change what history can and cannot be taught. It simply prevents schools from endorsing discriminatory concepts," said Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston.
Published: Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 @ 12:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The teaching of critical race theory as the only explanation of America’s past would be outlawed in public schools under a bill approved by the N.C. House Education Committee on Tuesday, May 11.
Published: Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate is now considering the House's bill that would require open access to lessons plans and instructional material being taught in public schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Glen and Emily Stephens experienced the tragedy of a lifetime in 2012 when their 6-year-old son, Gabriel, died of complications from the flu.
Published: Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 @ 8:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Polykemi AB to invest $11 million in Gastonia
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 2:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Legislation Will Help Students Who Have Fallen Behind Due to Remote Learning
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 7:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, Cooper joined with both Republican and Democratic leaders in the N.C. House and Senate at a news conference Wednesday, March 10, to unveil a new school reopening plan for the entire state.
Published: Sunday, March 14th, 2021 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Homeowners whose property was taken by the government for highway projects may be out of luck if Gov. Roy Cooper signs the transportation bill on his desk.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 9:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s financial woes may be over, but its headaches live on.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 8:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Road construction will begin to ramp up again early next year, but contractors say they will suffer in the meantime.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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