• Why didn’t you publish a print edition for April? As Amy and Rick said in our original message, the COVID-19 outbreak completely overturned the news cycle. Stories were changing within days if not hours. By the time we would have sent our materials to the printer and the Postal…
N.C. Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance, and the N.C. Association of ABC Boards want to allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol back to N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission stores. The resolution, unanimously passed by the board association Wednesday, April 1,…
Telemedicine is finally realizing its potential in patients’ homes and hospital rooms across North Carolina. COVID-19 overhauled how hospitals deliver medicine in a matter of days, forcing providers to radically expand telemedicine, sometimes with the help of private companies. But now providers are wondering whether those…
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office will resume accepting and processing applications for pistol permits consistent with N.C. General Statutes, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, March 31. Judge A. Graham Shirley said parties in a complaint — Travis Groo…
Gov. Roy Cooper says the state Division of Employment Security is buried under a “mountain of claims,” receiving more than 20,000 requests for Unemployment Insurance benefits Sunday, March 29. By contrast, the agency dealt with about 25,000 claims a month during the Great Recession and is set up…
The show must go on. That was the theme of the Tuesday, March 31 meeting of the Continuity of State Operations Working Group, a subset of the House COVID-19 committee. Keep cash flowing, keep the lights on, state lawmakers said. The General Assembly plans…
Thousands of students at North Carolina’s public universities are about to get some of their money back as the state continues its fight against COVID-19. The University of North Carolina System will refund unused housing and dining payments for students forced off campus because of the…
Blue Cross Blue Shield N.C. elected Dr. Tunde Sotunde as its president and CEO, starting June 1. Sotunde is the president of Anthem’s Medicaid Business Unit, where he manages Athem’s Medicaid program for 7.3 million members in 23 states and the District of Columbia. …
Congress is working toward a third major COVID-19 relief bill including provisions tackling economic and education challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a good start, said Terry Stoops, vice president of research and director of education studies at the John…
Around 75% of the state’s 550,000 hotel and restaurant workers are currently out of a job. The hospitality industry — comprising 13% of the state’s total workforce, including 18,000 food service establishments and 1,800 lodging establishments — languishes…
