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A Wake County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday against North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood for allegedly using a state vehicle for private purposes.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced Wednesday at the end of a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing that she is not seeking re-election in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I wish to congratulate newly appointed State Auditor Jessica Holmes and welcome her to the Council of State.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 8:13 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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I was sorry to hear the news that State Auditor Beth Wood will not seek reelection in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 2:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Cumberland County sheriff has sued the Office of the State Auditor over its investigation of his office
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed two bills into law Monday and vetoed three, with one in particular raising disapproval from two Council of State members who call for lawmakers to override it.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An Act to Increase Compliance by Counties and Municipalities That Fail to Timely Submit an Annual Audit Report
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 4:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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An audit from the North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood’s office reveals that the state’s Pandemic Recovery Office didn’t properly monitor $159.9 million in federal COVID-19 funds.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Auditor’s Office found that the N.C. Department of Public Instruction had some issues during a Statewide Federal Compliance Audit.
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s State Auditor Beth Wood released a statement Jan. 23 apologizing for a hit-and-run accident in December that resulted in her state-owned vehicle partially sitting atop another parked car.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 11:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asked State Auditor Beth Wood about findings from an audit of COVID-19 relief funds.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 9:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A former candidate for town council in Sedalia says he filed a report with the N.C. State Auditor’s Office in early June to make the auditor aware of questionable issues with the council’s use of credit cards and town finances.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Auditor Beth Wood released a report that states the town manager of the Town of Franklinton made $37,900 in purchases without following the formal bidding requirements in violation of the town’s purchasing policy.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Another report out this week from the N.C. Office of the State Auditor shows inadequate monitoring of funds and deficiencies from departments including the N.C. Department of Public Safety and N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood’s office recently issued an audit that shows millions of dollars of Hurricane Florence disaster recovery funds were distributed with limited monitoring and/or without ensuring all recipients had a method to measure the results.
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2022 @ 11:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state auditor’s office found that Johnson County Sheriff Steve Bizzell bought vehicles and gas masks without obtaining the proper written quotes, in violation of the county’s purchasing policy.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 11:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Auditor’s Office launched an investigation into the Brunswick County town of Ocean Isle after receiving several allegations.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith benefitted from using confidential town information in her real estate company’s purchase of a former police station site in 2018
Published: Sunday, January 30th, 2022 @ 9:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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City Officials Have Not Filed Required Audits for Past Two Years, Raising Serious Concerns
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Auditor Beth Wood is investigating the city of Goldsboro over possible mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 11:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Auditor Beth Wood is questioning a plan by the Local Government Commission to sell bonds to buy the assets of the Bald Head Island Transportation System, saying the body needs to verify system valuation before placing the applications on the agenda.
Published: Saturday, December 11th, 2021 @ 5:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State auditors found that a former finance officer in the troubled municipality of East Laurinburg used town taxpayer money on personal expenses, which resulted in overdrafts of the town’s bank account.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found a glaring lack of transparency in the town of Plymouth due to the nonexistence of meeting minutes for the Town Council for most of 2020.
Published: Thursday, August 26th, 2021 @ 9:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An audit released by State Auditor Beth Wood’s office Thursday, Feb. 18, found the state Department of Health and Human Services did a poor job of gatekeeping the Medicaid Provider Enrollment process.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 12:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday State Auditor, Beth Wood, released results of an audit highly critical of how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) allocated $180 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Department of Public Instruction spent $76 million of Coronavirus Relief Funds without making sure the money was helping students, a new audit report says.
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 @ 8:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper, in the wake of COVID-19, made it easier to apply for Medicaid.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Auditor Beth Wood says passage of her agency bill to help clean up local governments’ slipshod financial bookkeeping is a major win for taxpayers across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2019 @ 8:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state’s tax-supported managed care agencies for mental health are a mess.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2019 @ 3:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The fallout continues over an audit that found a lack of oversight by the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission has cost the state about $13.5 million
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from State Auditor Beth Wood says the agency has not been able to certify that the North Carolina Association of Educators meets statutory membership (G.S. 143B-426.40(g) requirements to permit the state to perform payroll dues deductions
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 @ 2:39 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's clerks of Superior Court are countering criticism from State Auditor Beth Wood over a failure to correct ongoing problems
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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