This summer, 49 Golden LEAF Scholars are participating in the second cohort of the Rural Internship Initiative. In its first year, Golden LEAF had 20 interns working in rural North Carolina counties.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Newly obtained text messages show the heads of both major teachers unions personally texting then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky as the agency was putting together a scientific analysis of reopening schools during coronavirus.
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 @ 10:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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As the Golden LEAF Foundation enters the second year of a five-year strategic plan, the Foundation continues its work funding strategies to improve the economic conditions of North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 7:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Joe Biden, for all his daftness, understands something that twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton never learned: The white working-class vote is crucial for winning the Electoral College.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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Families of four with neither parent working can receive welfare benefits worth in excess of six figures per year in Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, according to a study from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sources indicate that the last holdout still wearing full business attire to his work-from-home job has finally caved, going pantsless to his Zoom meetings this morning.
Published: Saturday, September 17th, 2022 @ 11:25 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Ted Budd Validates the Charlotte Observer’s Reporting that Working Families are FREAKING OUT About How the Inflation Caused by Biden Policies Supported by Beasley are Crushing Family Budgets And, of Course, the TV Ad Reeks of Cinematic Excellence
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Democrats cater to the increasingly radical demands of progressive, upscale voters, Republicans are gaining momentum with working-class people heading into the midterms, according to a new survey.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 2:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The elitist progressives can’t hide their disdain for the working people of North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 9:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Equitable Data Working Group was established on the first day of the Biden-Harris Administration under Executive Order 13985
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and its state partners today released the updated breastfeeding support NC Making It Work toolkit.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 3:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Joshua Lawson reminds us in a Federalist column that the changing calendar didn’t flip a magical switch.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 9:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Union County teacher recently declared, “This might be rude, but I don’t care about parent child care issues.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2020 @ 4:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This is one of those scenarios that my liberal and even some of my non-cop conservative friends think is a good idea when they first hear about it
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2020 @ 1:08 pm
By: LifeZette
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Challenges persist in getting students meals and reliable internet access while schools remain closed.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 @ 4:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Willis Krumholz argues in a Federalist column that huge federal deficits “kill blue-collar America.” The federal government’s response to COVID-19 hasn’t helped.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education working group has approved an education omnibus bill providing regulatory relief and support for North Carolina’s K-12 and higher education systems.
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With K-12 schools across the state closed until May 15, lawmakers and education officials are working to ensure students are still able to get an education and that school employees are paid.
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2020 @ 3:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More than 1.2 million meals and 6,500 snacks served
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 3:25 am
By: Governor's Office
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Remarks by President Trump and President Bolsonaro of Brazil Before Working Dinner
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As state community colleges struggle to raise enrollment, they are looking to recruit more non-traditional students — those older than 25.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 1:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Hood Challenge is Working and is a Fine Work in Progress
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 3:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Trump has made expanding access to child care and paid family leave a priority of his Administration.
Published: Friday, December 13th, 2019 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump in a Working Lunch with 2 Percenters
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 2:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Uptown Greenville welcomes Nucleus Uptown, the city’s first coworking space, to 509 Evans Street in Uptown Greenville.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Morrison of Australia in Working Dinner
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 4:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Remarks by President Trump in Working Lunch with Governors on Workforce Freedom and Mobility
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 7:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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More than 500,000 North Carolinians can’t see a doctor when they need one because affordable healthcare is out of reach. Many of these people are in the coverage gap – they make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet too little to afford costly private insurance.
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Today, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report outlining the likely effects of expanding work requirements for non-disabled working-age adults in social welfare programs.
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 4:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey gives educators the chance to be heard
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Lower taxes on American business means higher wages for American workers, and it means more products made right here in the USA."
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 11:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most economists agree that our corporate tax rate harms American workers by keeping their wages down.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 1:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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