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(RALEIGH) Today Governor Stein signed seven bills and vetoed three bills.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2025 @ 10:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Cumberland County sheriff has sued the Office of the State Auditor over its investigation of his office
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions (DWS), didn’t design and implement procedures to ensure that federal funds tied to workforce programs were spent in accordance with program requirements and federal and state law.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 7:40 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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State auditors found Roanoke-Chowan Community College issued more than $10.3 million in checks with invalid signatures between August 2019 and August 2020, putting the school at increased risk of fraud.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2020 election season starts unofficially today at noon, with the opening of candidate filing for most races.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2019 @ 10:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and department leaders wrongly spent $22,000 in travel expenses during the N.C. State Fair, a new audit report says.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 290, originally filed as the Distillery Regulatory Reform Bill, will soon become law.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers, after so many fits and starts, finally persuaded enough of their nervous colleagues to vote to begin fixing North Carolina’s archaic and broken system of governing alcohol, a move some 80 years in the making.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 536, ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, cleared the N.C. House, 91-24, on Tuesday, July 9, and was sent to the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Did you know that North Carolina used to be the nation's leader in locally owned and operated distilleries?
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An email to suppliers last week from the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, in addition to announcing that it's trimming the number of products it lists, cited the state's alcohol warehouse operator for its good work
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Terrance Merriweather is the new deputy director of The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission appears to operate with little, if any, oversight, aside from a board chairman and two - now one - commissioners, who are appointed by the governor
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2018 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A company cited for questionable contract dealings in a recent state audit of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission in 2015 paid a civil settlement of $7.8 million under federal allegations of fraud
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fallout continues over an audit that found a lack of oversight by the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission has cost the state about $13.5 million
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A prominent Republican lawmaker and proponent of loosening North Carolina's restrictive alcohol laws says direct government sales and distribution of distilled liquor is antiquated, and lawmakers should fix the broken system
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's clerks of Superior Court are countering criticism from State Auditor Beth Wood over a failure to correct ongoing problems
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's Medicaid program is not detecting or preventing waste, fraud, and abuse due to lack of staff, bureaucratic cooperation, and proper documentation, and the Medicaid Program Integrity Section is paying outside contractors much more to root out those problems than they return in savings
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 9:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Martin Community College was at increased risk of fraud and its true financial picture was clouded because it lacked proper controls over financial reporting that resulted in a series of accounting errors, based on an audit of the 2014-15 school year by the Office of State Auditor
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 11:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill instructing dentists to ignore some new state rules on sedation raised red flags in committee with Sen. Floyd McKissick, D-Durham, though supporters of the the bill said the problem was a lack of clarity in the rules
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of State Auditor has renewed warnings about lack of security regarding access to sensitive material in the state Department of Health and Human Services' information systems, but that audit finding was overlooked amid the report of $835 million in questionable Medicaid spending documented
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2016 @ 3:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for a special session to pass a new Congressional map to comply with a federal trial court's order.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Critics questioned whether a recent state audit attributing a 9 percent savings in Medicaid costs to the nonprofit Community Care of North Carolina was a useful guide to policymakers weighing reforms in the government health insurance program covering 1.4 million poor, elderly, and disabled North Ca
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Potentially "tragic" results could occur because the professional board that regulates the state's dentists issues sedation permits before it inspects dental facilities, and does not conduct compliance checks to ensure dentists can deliver anesthesia safely and respond to medical emergencies...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late last year an audit of the State Board of Opticians determined that the board "will lack adequate funds to continue operating within the next year" and that, despite cost-cutting measures already undertaken, soon "will no longer be able to provide the licensing services and practitioner...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new state audit reveals shortcomings in the procedure used to approve doctors and other providers offering services for patients on Medicaid, the state's health system for the poor and disabled.
Published: Friday, August 15th, 2014 @ 4:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A high-ranking manager at the UNC School of the Arts will keep her $114,695 a year job despite investigative findings that she improperly gave a state computer to her son for use at college and then obtained another one for herself at taxpayer expense.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2013 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Debra Goldman, the Republican nominee for State Auditor and Wake County School Board Member, announced today that she has earned the endorsement of the North Carolina Trooper's Association.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 7:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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“Today, I commend my primary opponent Mr. Dority for helping unify the North Carolina Republican Party.
Published: Friday, May 18th, 2012 @ 1:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After North Carolina's primary elections May 8, it still is unclear who the Republican nominees for five powerful executive offices will be.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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