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Dozens of National Public Radio (NPR) employees signed on to a letter suggesting that their now-former senior business editor Uri Berliner was spot on in his assessment of the liberal bias that has taken over the network.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2024 @ 5:34 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put forth a rule that would make broadcasters publicly post the race and gender of their employees, drawing concerns that companies would be pressured into making hiring decisions based on identity.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 9:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH - Public sector employees from state agencies and public institutions will be recognized today for completing the rigorous North Carolina Certified Public Manager® Program (CPM) during the program’s commencement ceremony.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 12:02 am
By: ENC NOW
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The insurance could be used to cover gender services for minors.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 9:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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The State Board of Elections has approved 99 student and employee identification cards across the state for use in the 2023 municipal elections and 2024 primary and general elections in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2023 @ 11:31 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) recently opposed legislation that would require divestment from fossil fuel companies despite the agency’s support of the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 9:51 pm
By: Daily Wire
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National Public Radio (NPR) employees accused the network’s CEO of racism during a virtual all-staff presentation last week detailing financial metrics and diversity level updates following the organization slashing approximately 10% of its workforce.
Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 @ 1:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Public school employees who commit sexual offenses against students would face harsher penalties under a bill passed Feb. 21 by the North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to end payroll dues deductions for all public employees In North Carolina was introduced earlier this week.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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National Public Radio (NPR) announced Wednesday the network plans to cut the majority of vacant positions and slash around 10% of its current staff — approximately 100 employees — amid a “sharp decline” in advertisement revenues.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 3:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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A bill filed Thursday in the N.C. Senate would repeal a law permitting state employee organizations to draft dues automatically from members’ paychecks.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 10:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The audit found as of June 30, OSBM disbursed $740 million to state agencies, $38 million to public schools and higher education, and $524 million for employee bonuses and benefits
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Republicans will work to bring in “every” single employee involved in efforts to restrict the spread of reporting about the Hunter Biden laptop ahead of the 2020 election, an incoming chairman for a powerful committee vowed on Friday.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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House Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and other GOP lawmakers have reportedly begun drafting a bill prohibiting federal employees from using Tiktok after federal communication officials urged the U.S. government to ban the video-sharing app to protect American citizens’ private data.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 6:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican Blake Masters challenged Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on Thursday over the Democrat’s support for legislation beefing up the IRS with up to 87,000 more employees while voting against an amendment that would have funded 18,000 more Border Patrol agents.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 1:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The American Federation of Teachers union says its lobbying is to thank for the Biden administration's dramatic expansion of a program that forgives an unlimited amount of student loans for public employees, and that one teacher used it to get out of $450,000 in obligations.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2022 @ 10:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Over 300 Virginia bureaucrats have quit since Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin announced in May that state employees must show up to their jobs following more than two years of remote work since the onset of the COVID pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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SpaceX employees circulated an open letter criticizing CEO Elon Musk for his “behavior in the public sphere.” Those employees now find themselves out of a job, according to a Friday report from The New York Times.
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 2:31 am
By: Daily Wire
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State workers in Nevada who are in enrolled in public employee healthcare plans will have to pay up to $55 more a month if they haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 3:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 2-8 as Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the essential public service provided by employees in the state’s prison system.
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A growing number of senators are signing on to a bill that would make more information available to the public on government employee performance.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Republican Party filed a public record request seeking all communications between a North Carolina Department of Justice employee, the Stein campaign and Josh Stein’s official office or any communications at the NC DOJ discussing the now disproven ad.
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2020 @ 3:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Taxpayers could pay an extra $1.32 billion if public employees win the ability to collectively bargain, says a report by the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 1:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 4-10 as Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week in North Carolina, to recognize the important public service provided by employees in the state’s prison system.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina law bans government agencies from making contracts with unions and bans public employees from striking.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2020 @ 1:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Republicans introduced Wednesday, Oct. 23, a pair of mini-budget bills that would raise pay for K-12 educators and university employees.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 12:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leadership continues to play games with teachers by excluding them from raises that other state employees received this week.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 5:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It has been 52 days since Governor Roy Cooper sent Republican leaders a balanced budget compromise offer that included an 8.5% teacher pay raise that would keep North Carolina competitive in teacher salaries.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2019 @ 11:23 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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Walt Disney Co. issued a blistering response to what the company describes as "gross and unfair" public criticisms of the way it treats its employees leveled by Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of co-founder Roy Disney.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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Last week the Senate passed a budget that maintains the responsible budget growth that has defined Republican fiscal policies since 2011 and prioritizes tax relief, state employees who haven't received equitable treatment in previous years, and health care reform.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 5:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers, union representatives, and government officials are calling for repeal of North Carolina’s prohibition on public-sector employee collective bargaining.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Before he became a household name in one of the most significant Supreme Court victories for public employees' First Amendment rights in decades, Mark Janus was warned by his worried mother about taking on powerful union forces.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 5:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves - and I'm not just referring to the crucial and praiseworthy work of our public employees who work in emergency management, public safety, and public works
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 1:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public employee unions can't compel workers to pay union fees, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday, June 27, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Published: Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the N.C. General Assembly drops its state budget for 2018-19, North Carolina's public colleges and universities vie for money to back career and technical education, employee raises, and system upgrades
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While teacher salaries generally dominate employee benefit discussions during budget debates, other state employees stand to receive higher pay. But the House, Senate, and Gov. Roy Cooper all have different notions about how much to increase compensation
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 3:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has hired an expert in public policy to serve as Policy Director and named two veteran state government employees to posts in the Governor's Office as he continued to fill his state team Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 12:21 am
By: Governor's Office
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A Durham orthopedic surgeon argues that the State Health Plan for public employees wastes a quarter-billion dollars annually because North Carolina's certificate-of-need laws force patients to use hospital-based facilities instead of physician-operated outpatient surgery clinics.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the state's second highest court has held that public employees can sue if the state or local government units they work for don't follow their own procedures in an employment case
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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National Employee Freedom Week is a national effort to publicize employee rights to opt-out of union membership
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2016 @ 9:19 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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