Gov. Roy Cooper is urging other members of the Council of State to push their own staffs to get vaccinated.
Published: Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Majority of Council of State Decline to Concur with Extension of State Evictions Order.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 3:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bills into law: House Bill 137 & 138
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 1:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Carolina Journal is taking a brief look at each new member of the General Assembly — 10 in the Senate and 11 in the House.
Published: Sunday, February 14th, 2021 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The front yard of the Executive Mansion was transformed into an outdoor sound stage for the ceremony.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 11:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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The 2020 election is over. Thankfully and finally.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 7:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections made it official. But not without a bit of controversy.
Published: Sunday, November 29th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Races filling the N.C. ballot were won or lost by the thinnest of margins.
Published: Saturday, November 14th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While some votes here in North Carolina remain to be counted, we can nevertheless make some interesting observations from this week's elections. I will address two of them in this post.
Published: Friday, November 13th, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected.
Published: Thursday, November 12th, 2020 @ 12:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans can take a breath, even if their signature red is mixed with myriad shades of blue.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 4:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Here are the unofficial results of the presidential elections totals for Beaufort County
Published: Saturday, November 7th, 2020 @ 7:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The races for seats on the N.C. Council of State were as close as polls predicted. They defined what pollsters call toss-ups, all teetering close to the margin of error.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald Trump and Senator Thom Tillis led Republicans to strong victories across the state in Council of State, judicial and legislative races.
Published: Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 @ 5:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina, like most of the country, has become increasingly polarized in our political thinking and behavior.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 @ 10:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For the first time in more than 20 years, Chef Felicia Daniel has no plans for autumn in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2020 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is taking further action to prevent and respond to COVID-19 outbreaks among the agricultural workforce, delivering critical personal protection equipment for use by agricultural workers across the state.
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 @ 7:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Buying meat, in our recent and collective memories, hasn’t been a problem.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 10:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler, Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Commissioner of Labor Cherie Berry, Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and Treasurer Dale Folwell sent a letter to Governor Cooper concerning his COVID-19 response.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 2:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After witnessing outbreaks at food processing plants in other states and receiving reports of cases among workers in our state, North Carolina public and private leaders have come together to take swift action to protect workers here from COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order, and the biggest item in the order was shutting down all bars and sit-down rsestaurants effective 5 p.m. that same day.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The American Revolution may have claimed “the shot heard round the world,” but the 2020 Primary Elections had the endorsement heard round the country.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 9:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Former Vice President Joe Biden rode a big win in South Carolina to a primary surge, highlighted by an outstanding showing during Super Tuesday, a day in which he won Democratic primaries in neighboring North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 10:29 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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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 4:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced that Larry Wooten will be the first recipient of the North Carolina Rural Leadership Award. Governor Cooper and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will present the award at a reception on Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30 PM at the Executive Mansion.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 1:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In June, the Republican-dominated General Assembly passed a state budget that included pay increases for our public school teachers and for non-certified school personnel.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 3:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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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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Governor Roy Cooper today issued an order to help North Carolina farmers harvest and transport crops quickly in preparation for any future impacts from Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 7:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina today won a grant of $23 million to replace dozens of bridges in 17 of the state's most economically distressed counties
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper issued several executive orders waiving enforcement of transportation-related regulations to help the agriculture industry prepare for Hurricane Florence
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 3:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal sewage systems jettisoned tens of millions of gallons of untreated human waste into Hurricane Florence floodwaters, dwarfing the hog manure lagoon discharges state and national media cited as public health and environmental hazards
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says waste-handling operations at North Carolina hog farms functioned as intended in the flooding of Hurricane Florence
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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