Government’s basic tasks need doing
It shouldn’t take multiple calls and the navigational skills of Ferdinand Magellan to reach a public employee during a workday to get a basic government task performed.
It shouldn’t take multiple calls and the navigational skills of Ferdinand Magellan to reach a public employee during a workday to get a basic government task performed.
As death rates spike across the nation, no one knows how many North Carolinians have died since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. New York City’s deaths from all causes soared 663% for the week ending April 11, while deaths rose…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Virtual attendance: Enrollment in Wake County’s Virtual Academy continues to grow as schools prepare…
Waiting. That’s what we do in North Carolina these days. We wait. Wait is one of the Cooper administration’s three Ws, somewhere between wash and wear. No ironing needed. We wait in lines, six feet between us and anybody else. …
The N.C. General Assembly was correct in voting — unanimously — to extend a deadline for businesses to renew state alcohol permits. The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, in response to the governor’s lockdown orders, set a grace period for bars, restaurants, and other venues to…
It’s trite to say the country is divided. It’s a presidential election year and the racially charged protests over police conduct ended whatever fleeting moment of national unity there was in the age of coronavirus. Splits along racial, generational, and ideological lines run deep, and much ink…
Elizabeth City could go broke in August if Gov. Roy Cooper doesn’t lift restrictions on utility payments. The city isn’t alone. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the economy, Cooper banned utility providers from disconnecting or fining non-paying customers. His two executive orders shield people from…
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper ordered Confederate monuments on the grounds of the State Capitol removed “to protect public safety.” But he won’t say who allowed a mob of protesters to take over the Capitol grounds earlier, toppling statues from two of those monuments. In a statement…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Local health departments: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services allocated $35 million in federal money for…
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on local government budgets in North Carolina. Coletti offered these comments for a June 18, 2020, report on Spectrum News.