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Video sweepstakes owner No Limit Games urges North Carolina's second-highest court to reject a request from top state law enforcement officials. The officials want the court to block a lower court order favoring the sweepstakes company.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 4:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Two left-leaning organizations sent a letter to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections last week urging the state officials to block former president Donald J. Trump from being able to run for president
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 5:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Following the damage and destruction Hurricane Ian left across North Carolina and the Southeast last week, state officials are warning all North Carolinians to be on higher alert for online scams and threats.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 1:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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An injunction on North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban was lifted on Aug. 18, allowing the law to be reinstated, and immediately afterwards, the state’s top elected officials jumped into action with their reactions and messaging.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 10:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A national group that focuses on election integrity issues is calling for North Carolina to clean up its voter rolls before the 2022 election. The group’s latest report points to multiple areas that merit state election officials’ attention.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 8:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections is reminding North Carolina residents that state and county election officials will never go door-to-door conducting any type of election business.
Published: Monday, February 21st, 2022 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The COVID-19 mass testing site at the Greensboro Coliseum will be staffed by a new federally supplied testing services provider beginning tomorrow, Jan. 22, in response to a recent request from North Carolina state officials to the Federal government.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolina begins to feel the effects of Tropical Storm Elsa, Governor Roy Cooper and state emergency management officials are reminding residents to be prepared for possible power outages and to avoid driving through floodwaters.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 5:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today the Committee on Arrangements (COA) for the 2020 Republican National Convention announced it submitted a comprehensive health and safety plan on Monday, August 3, to North Carolina state officials.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 9:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s economy has been devastated by the decisions of Gov. Roy Cooper and state and local officials in their attempt to ameliorate the effects of COVID-19.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 9:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety will be participating with federal, state and local officials in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Hurricane Dorian leaves North Carolina, Gov. Cooper and state and local emergency officials announced that help has arrived at Ocracoke Island and food and water is on the way to those stranded there.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 9:02 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services officials joined other state and local officials today to dedicate the new Broughton Hospital, one of the state's three acute care psychiatric hospitals.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 6:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unintentional opioid-related overdose resulted in 1,884 deaths in North Carolina last year, a 34 percent increase from the 1,407 deaths attributed to the same cause in 2016, and state health officials say the increase is due to the increase in potent illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 5:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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April is Tick and Mosquito Awareness Month in North Carolina, and as the weather continues to warm up, state health officials are advising North Carolinians to "Fight the Bite" by taking measures to reduce their risk of tick and mosquito bites
Published: Friday, April 27th, 2018 @ 8:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With flu activity in North Carolina remaining widespread, state health officials are continuing to encourage North Carolinians to get vaccinated
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2018 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina was not one of 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian cyber-actors in the 2016 General Election, a Department of Homeland Security official told state elections officials Friday
Published: Monday, September 25th, 2017 @ 9:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is ready for the next potential hurricane even as the state continues efforts to recover from Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a national hurricane briefing with President Donald Trump and other federal officials
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory today activated North Carolina's State Emergency Response Team to coordinate with counties regarding fuel needs as Colonial Pipeline officials continue working to fix a damaged pipeline that supplies much of the east coast with petroleum products.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 9:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis has infected one human and seven horses this summer in North Carolina, state health and agricultural officials report.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2016 @ 4:27 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Mecklenburg County and North Carolina state health officials received notification from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the June 19 death of an Ohio resident
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 7:13 am
By: Christopher Maye
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North Carolina has received approval for the names of two new interstate route designations in the eastern part of the state. The American Association of State and Transportation Officials approved I-42 for the U.S. 70 Corridor between I-40 and Morehead City, and I-87 for U.S. 64/17 between...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 9:30 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Christian student group at North Carolina State University filed a federal lawsuit against school officials Tuesday over its policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on campus
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Syphilis rates in North Carolina are highest since the year 2000, and state health officials are reminding citizens that regular screening is key to prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 4:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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State health officials today unveiled an innovative, multi-year draft plan for reforming North Carolina's Medicaid program to achieve better patient care, better community health, improved doctor-patient engagement and cost containment
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 7:06 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina has no environmental rules for shutting down solar projects safely, state officials say, and may lack sufficient facilities to dispose of the glass, steel, industrial lubricants, and toxic elements after solar panels in the state's expanding solar industry reach the end of their usefu
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers grappling with Medicaid reform should combine elements of competing proposals in the state House and Senate to give patients more choices while remaining accountable to taxpayers, a panel of experts at an April 13 briefing for policy makers and industry officials said.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 3:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians played key roles in the historic D-Day invasion that took the fight directly to the Axis powers and hastened the fall of Adolf Hitler.
Published: Saturday, June 7th, 2014 @ 8:27 am
By: Christopher Maye
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North Carolina's reputation as a "clean government" state has suffered in recent years, with a host of high-profile arrests of public officials on corruption charges. The latest came March 26, when Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested on charges of taking a bribe from a federal agent...
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 11:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina isn't the only state that plans to idle its Work First poverty program temporarily after October if the federal government shutdown continues. Other states also are moving in the same direction, officials say.
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxation is the taking of property and earnings in exchange for governmentally provided goods and services or for redistribution. Legislators may also structure taxes as a policy tool to manipulate constituent actions for or against particular goods or services.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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