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Ellis Glenn Cutrell, age 68, a resident of Greenville, and formerly of Belhaven, died Friday, February 14, 2025, at his residence.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2025 @ 7:03 am
By: Announcements
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On Tuesday, Oct. 10th, House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and House Majority Leader John Bell, R-Wayne, held a press conference to highlight continued funding in the state budget for the Veterans Justice Initiative (VJI).
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 12:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a “bipartisan solution” to a foster care issue that is “much needed right now.”
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Senate lawmakers approved a bill prohibiting biological males from competing in sports designated for biological females at North Carolina schools and universities. It will now seek the House’s concurrence before advancing to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House Health Committee passed a measure Tuesday that would ban public health facilities, or any providers under contract with them, from performing surgical gender transition procedures on minors
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, for the first time, a North Carolina House committee heard a bill (S.B. 3) to legalize marijuana use for certain medical reasons. The House Health Committee did not hold a vote on S.B. 3 but discussed the bill for about 30 minutes.
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 1:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On the first day of bill filling, House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) filed legislation (HB 6) to provide $215 million for the construction of a new Brody School of Medicine facility at East Carolina University.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 @ 2:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers will consider a $688 million spending bill and a series of policy reforms, after money and policy draft bills passed the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group Thursday, April 23.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 6:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Harry Smith has resigned as chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 4:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s veterans gained another way to treat battlefield trauma.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a runoff election featuring two physicians, Greenville surgeon and state Rep. Greg Murphy easily defeated Kinston pediatrician Joan Perry for the Republican nomination in the 3rd U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 1:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC House: Hospitals are Too Important to Fail, but Taxpayers are Unimportant to Save Them Money
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 @ 9:39 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A group of House Republicans is taking another whack at what they call an alternative to Medicaid expansion so uninsured North Carolina residents can obtain health coverage.
Published: Monday, April 29th, 2019 @ 4:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton didn’t initiate his resignation, and discussions with UNC leadership about his impending exit have been ongoing
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 8:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Crowded is an understatement. Twenty-six candidates from four political parties lined up to seek the vacant 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat in a July 9 special election
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 10:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A straw poll was held at the 3rd Congressional District Meeting on Saturday, March 2 to see which candidate for the US House (to fill the seat vacated by Congressman Walter Jones' untimely passing) and Michael Speciale was the winner.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 10:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Speculation has begun over who might run in a special election to succeed Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, whose death Sunday left the 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat vacant.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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No one knows for sure, really, when the current session of the N.C. legislature will end. But Lee Lilley, Gov. Roy Cooper's director of legislative affairs, did offer this: "The session ends when we get Medicaid expansion."
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 11:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper continues pushing for Medicaid expansion. State Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, said he and three co-sponsors plan to reintroduce Carolina Cares, proposed legislation to open Medicaid rolls to more people. Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, said forget about it. It's not going to happen.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 @ 8:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton has flatly denied any intent to resign early next year, contradicting sources Carolina Journal has cited
Published: Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The chairman of the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors says board members are still dealing with communication challenges and "high emotions," but he didn't offer details
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2018 @ 9:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rumors that East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton could lose his job are false, despite documents showing tension between Staton and the UNC system's Board of Governors, board leader Harry Smith told Carolina Journal
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 2:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislative Republicans and Democrats bristled at excuses Department of Health and Human Services officials gave Tuesday over their failure to create a mandated watchdog program
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 4:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, said if all of the opioid pills prescribed in the past 12 months were counted
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If it is modeled after a Medicaid expansion program, and is funded like a Medicaid expansion program, it is a Medicaid expansion program
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2017 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though Gov. Roy Cooper’s request to expand North Carolina’s Medicaid program unilaterally has been halted in federal court, some GOP lawmakers say they are open to considering a limited enrollment increase
Published: Monday, January 23rd, 2017 @ 5:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even with so many legislative races already decided and so many others that appear to be sure things, Democrats believe they can make inroads into the Republican majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly this year.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that opens today at noon moves forward
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's an old saying that says "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." The phrase is used to emphasize the fact that simply making something easy to do does not guarantee anybody will do it.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After a measure introduced in last year's legislative session allowing more investors to get in at the early stages of startup companies failed to become law, competing bills have been filed in the current session encouraging entrepreneurs to seek capital through options resembling...
Published: Wednesday, February 25th, 2015 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University students have turned bananas into dolphins and grapes into balls to tempt kids to try new snacks. Making food healthy and appealing is one of the goals of Snack RX, a program designed and operated by ECU nutrition science students in the College of Human Ecology...
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 10:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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