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As western North Carolina continues to recover more than a year later from Hurricane Helene, Gov. Josh Stein’s office has released several announcements in recent days detailing funding for infrastructure repairs.
Published: Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 @ 10:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein and local officials from Buncombe, Ashe, Haywood, Madison, and Rutherford counties traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Trump admin and members of Congress about North Carolina’s request for $13.5 billion in new funding for Hurricane Helene recovery.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2025 @ 2:19 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Biden administration said the Supreme Court “got it wrong” on student debt forgiveness in a recent email to student loan holders.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 10:09 am
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law:
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 11:56 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Six billion dollars — remember that number. The North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office says that’s how much money our state has received for K-12 Covid-19 relief via the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Act (ESSER).
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military service members and their families as military personnel based in North Carolina are deployed due to Russia’s unjustified attack on Ukraine.
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 @ 5:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it is expanding eligibility for food assistance benefits to help college students who are struggling to purchase food and stay in school during the pandemic.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 10:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it plans to give $10 billion to schools in order to help them expand COVID-19 testing and reopen classrooms.
Published: Saturday, March 20th, 2021 @ 11:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today $282 million in loans and grants to help pay for 94 drinking water and wastewater projects statewide.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 1:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper extended North Carolina’s Modified Stay At Home Order that requires people to be at home from 10 p.m.- 5 a.m. to last through at least Friday, January 29.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 10:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that Food and Nutrition Services recipients will see a temporary increase in the amount of benefits they receive.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 @ 10:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced that Food and Nutrition Services recipients will see a temporary increase in the amount of benefits they receive.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Food and Drug Administration announced late last week that it reversed its position and will not seek to charge distillers a $14,000 fine for operating as “drug facilities.”
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 @ 11:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Local communities, legislators, and businesses are having a hard time understanding why Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget office pulled the plug on $32 million in grants for rural broadband projects that had attracted 70 applicants.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 4:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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How to Get Your Check
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 4:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina recently passed the “Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0” with Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature, but it is clear from what happened that the governor did not so much approve of the budget and that he begrudgingly signed it.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper will sign the following bills into law: House Bill 1105 & 1 other
Published: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 @ 7:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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Rep. Keith Kidwell Supports Historic Relief for North Carolina Families, Schools, and Health SystemsOverwhelming bipartisan support for Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0; sends General Assembly proposals to the Governor
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today $194 million in loans and grants to help pay for 54 drinking water and wastewater projects.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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Just off North Carolina’s Highway 55 sits a tiny biker bar near the line of Wake and Harnett counties.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, May 4th, Governor Cooper signed two bills passed by the General Assembly, providing regulatory and financial relief in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 @ 12:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to Lenoir Community College in Kinston, North Carolina, to support the renovation of the college’s Lloyd Health Science Building.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 3:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military servicemembers and their families as thousands of troops from Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune are deployed and redeployed in light of ongoing events in the Middle East.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:20 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Thursday, it was announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers will allocate $39.6 million for the design and construction of a levee in Princeville, as the historic community continues to recover from unprecedented flooding during recent hurricanes.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 8:59 am
By: Governor's Office
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The four bills provide economic relief for small businesses, family farmers, National Guard and Reservists, and veterans in need.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 7:05 am
By: Thom Tillis
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On Friday, August 23, 2019, the President signed into law: H.R. 2336
Published: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help family farms reorganize after falling on hard times.
Published: Sunday, August 4th, 2019 @ 6:01 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today Governor Roy Cooper signed two bills into law, SB 420, the North Carolina Service members Civil Relief Act and SB 218, Clarify State Recognition – Lumbee Indians.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 1:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019 to reauthorize relief for qualifying members of the National Guard and Reserves experiencing financial hardship.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 3:04 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Yesterday, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation co-introduced by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would protect spouses of deceased servicemembers from car lease penalties and spouses of catastrophically injured servicemembers from penalties associated with residential and car leases.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 3:46 am
By: Thom Tillis
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On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, the President signed into law H.R. 299, the “Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019"
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 9:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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