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Local parents Tim and Julia Yoder were understandably upset when their 17-year-old daughter Carlie came home drunk last weekend. However, their anger quickly turned to relief upon learning that Carlie had not, in fact, been consuming Bud Light.
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 8:44 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Community Foundation has completed its 2022 round of grantmaking from its COVID-19 relief fund, with another $1.25 million distributed to assist nonprofit organizations that were impacted by revenue loss and increased demand for services because of the pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 6:50 am
By: ENC NOW
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Everybody is feeling pain at the gas pump. Politicians are coming up with proposals to try to provide relief, but few would actually bring prices back down.
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 9:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Tucked into the new state budget are billions of dollars from Washington for Covid relief. The American Rescue Plan Act, for example, sent $5.4 billion to the state.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 1:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the NC House voted 112-1 to pass House Bill 334 — Temporarily Align PPP Treatment to Federal Treatment
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 8:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Business Owners Rally Support for Bill Before Bipartisan Passage
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Feb. 27 on a 219-212 vote.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 8:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper announced the N.C. Mortgage, Utility and Rent Relief (MURR) program to offer financial aid to North Carolina’s small businesses whose operations were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 3:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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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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Today, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin released guidance for State, Local, and Tribal Governments regarding the Coronavirus Relief Fund (Section 5001 of the CARES Act).
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 1:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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People across North Carolina and the US began receiving deposits from the federal government this week as part of the federal coronavirus relief package, known as the CARES Act.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 7:16 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund, the CARES Act provides for payments to State, Local, and Tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 9:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s hospitals asked for $3 billion from Congress’s $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 11:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, by a voice vote.
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2020 @ 12:01 am
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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Today, President Donald J. Trump signed into law H.R. 2157, the "Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019."
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 12:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In accordance with section 1204 of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (H.R. 2157; the “Act”), I hereby designate as emergency requirements all funding (including the transfer of funds)
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @ 9:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Thursday, June 6, 2019, the President signed into law:
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2019 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New research by two North Carolina State University professors has brought into stark relief the following facts: America is in a debt crisis, our economy is suffering as a result, and politicians of both major political parties bear responsibility.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Senator Tillis and his colleagues David Perdue, Doug Jones, Johnny Isakson and Rick Scott will hold a bipartisan press conference to highlight the critical need for Congress to pass disaster relief for states impacted by recent hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-introduced the bipartisan Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 4:47 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to help family farms reorganize after falling on hard times
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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In a few moments, I will sign legislation to assist religious and ethnic groups targeted by ISIS for mass murder and genocide in Syria and Iraq.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 11:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones is thanking President Donald J. Trump for acting on his request to expedite granting Governor Roy Cooper's September 13 call for a major emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in North Carolina
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 12:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, applauded the President signing the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act into law
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 1:06 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, applauded the House's passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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When we began our push for tax cuts, I promised that our bill would result in more jobs, higher wages, and tremendous relief for middle-class families, and that is exactly what we have delivered.
Published: Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, applauded the Senate passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Thursday, March 15th, 2018 @ 12:28 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), was included as a provision in the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 1:48 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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When politicians and Education Department bureaucrats began designing policies to lessen college students' federal loan burdens, they weren't concerned much with the cost to the taxpayers
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 11:48 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As North Carolinians celebrate Thanksgiving, Governor Pat McCrory is encouraging donations to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund to support those impacted by Hurricane Matthew
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2016 @ 12:58 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In an effort to provide relief to residents impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Pat McCrory has directed the Division of Motor Vehicles to temporarily waive certain fees for customers in three additional counties affected by Hurricane Matthew
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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In an effort to provide relief to residents impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Pat McCrory has directed the Division of Motor Vehicles to temporarily waive certain fees for customers in counties affected by Hurricane Matthew.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 @ 9:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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On Veterans Day, Americans come together to honor and thank the brave men and women who have risked their lives to protect our nation's values.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:12 am
By: Chris Downey
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