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Independent contractors, self-employed North Carolinians, might access unemployment benefits in two weeks
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N.C. ranks last at getting unemployment payments to applicants on time
Newest Cooper COVID-19 order cuts number of shoppers allowed in stores
North Carolina merchants will have even fewer shoppers…
Election board’s COVID-19 requests could raise red flags with legislative leaders
A list of COVID-19 recommendations…
Health policy proposals in the CARES Act
Every level of government has shifted its focus to respond…
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Interviews with newsmakers, policy experts, and CJ staffers on the issues you need to know.
The Right AOC on Point: Cooper has no answers on tanking economy
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses COVID-19’s impact on N.C. elections
JLF’s Amy Cooke seeks information about N.C. COVID-19 pandemic ‘endgame’
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses a proposed fourth COVID-19 federal relief package
JLF’s Donna Martinez analyzes COVID-19’s impact on employment
JLF’s Amy Cooke explains that great challenges lead to great innovation
JLF’s Joseph Coletti analyzes federal COVID-19 relief legislation
JLF CEO Amy Cooke delivers new message to North Carolinians about COVID-19 pandemic
JLF’s John Hood responds to recent COVID-19 developments
JLF’s Terry Stoops discusses COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on N.C. schools
Governor issues new executive order for nursing homes
Gov. Roy Cooper announced an executive order Wednesday, April 8, setting new rules…
The Right AOC on Point: Cooper has no answers on tanking economy
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, The Right AOC, discusses N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s unwillingness to answer…
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses COVID-19’s impact on N.C. elections
Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s potential impact on 2020 N.C. elections. Henderson offered these comments during…
N.C. could lose half of its small businesses as restrictions continue, group says
The general counsel of the NC Chamber offered an ominous prediction this week. More than half…
N.C. hospitals, medical practices could get several billion from CARES Act
North Carolina’s hospitals asked for $3 billion from Congress’s $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. …
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Will COVID-19 changes be lasting?
A turn to socialism? That ship hasn’t just sailed. It has lurched erratically into the harbor, sprung multiple leaks, and…
N.C. heading for a recession, if it’s not already here, state budget office says
A recession is coming, if it’s not already here, the state budget director at the N.C.
Retail businesses face new social distancing mandates, governor says
Expect Gov. Roy Cooper to set new limits on shopping alongside new benefits for child care centers serving…
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A weekly, one-hour newsmagazine on North Carolina, Carolina Journal Radio is hosted by Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai and features a diverse mix of guests and topics. Education reform, tax policy, the state legislature, affirmative action, air pollution, freedom of the press and the courts – these are just a few of the subjects that Carolina Journal Radio has tackled since the program began production in 2003.
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 881: John Locke Foundation helps policymakers respond to COVID-19 challenges
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 880: Coronavirus pandemic closes N.C. schools
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 879: Coronavirus pandemic highlights government barriers that limit response
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 878: Voters’ Super Tuesday choices set stage for November elections
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 877: Carolina Journal breaks story of N.C. DOT circus train
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 876: Cooper makes unusual claim about business taxes
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 875: John Locke Foundation joins court fight to protect workers’ rights
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 874: N.C. voters look ahead to Super Tuesday
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 873: Judge accepts key findings from outside consultant’s Leandro report
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 872: John Locke Foundation welcomes new CEO for fourth decade of advancing liberty
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CJ Exclusives
State regulators relaxing some rules to let nurses, doctors graduate, go to work
State regulators are helping nursing and medical students graduate and enter the workforce. The coronavirus froze students’ clinical hours, partly shuttered testing, and threatened to block hundreds of students from graduating and treating patients — just when the state most needs them. The N.C.
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CARES Act reverses Obamacare rule, lets people use savings accounts for OTC meds
The coronavirus forced Congress to broaden tax relief for millions of Americans with employer-provided health insurance or high-deductible health plans. They now can buy over-the-counter medications with tax-exempt money from their health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Congress walked back Obamacare restrictions on health savings…
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JLF’s Amy Cooke seeks information about N.C. COVID-19 pandemic ‘endgame’
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke wants to know North Carolina’s plan for emerging from the economic shutdown associated with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Cooke offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio…
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Court distinguishes between social media rant, legitimate death threat
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel throws out a criminal conviction based on a Facebook rant.
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Wake County nixes ‘drive-through’ Easter service for Raleigh church
Plymouth Church (Photo provided by Dr. Chris Partin) Things at Plymouth Church in Raleigh are mostly quiet. The church’s administrative assistant still comes in, but just once a week. Dr. Chris Partin, Plymouth’s pastor, can’t visit…
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Governor mum about COVID-19 decision making priorities, data sharing
Gov. Roy Cooper has held regular news briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic, taking a handful of questions from reporters on a teleconference. He’s done interviews with local broadcast media outlets and Spectrum News’ statewide program “Capital Tonight.” Questions have dealt with unemployment insurance benefits, the safety of prison staff and…