The Milk Commission may make a return to North Carolina, but a bill reestablishing the commission still has a ways to go before becoming law. The House Agriculture Committee debated Senate Bill 380 Wednesday, Aug. 7, and unanimously voted to move the bill forward to the…
The Office of State Human Resources has announced a solution to prevent the layoffs of 220 teachers with the N.C Virtual Public School. More than 200 teachers at NCVPS would have been left unemployed during the fall semester. The move would have complied with a state…
Workers meander through green rows of plants, glancing sideways as they go and dipping their brimmed caps against the setting sun. A white Chevy pickup stops at the top of the slope, and farmer Shane Whitaker jumps out and walks among the crops. The hemp…
Editor’s note: Carolina Journal has updated this story based on communications with UNC officials. The initial version of this story included information that UNC disputed. CJ regrets any misunderstanding. University of North Carolina Board Chairman Harry Smith says he never suggested that…
Gov. Roy Cooper named Damon Circosta to fill the vacancy on the State Board of Elections. In a Wednesday, Aug. 7, news release, Cooper picked Circosta, a Democrat and executive director and vice president of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, to fill the seat left vacant when former board Chairman Bob…
Hospitals have called the treasurer’s bluff. The deadline for hospital signups onto the State Health Plan expired Monday, yet the plan remains bereft of major hospital networks. “We have no news to report. Generally speaking, nothing has changed regarding the boycott of the State…
[This story has been updated with additional comments] Democratic lawmakers want the General Assembly to act on a pair of gun-control bills. In a morning news conference, Democratic lawmakers urged Republicans to sign discharge petitions, which would move two gun-control bills out of committee and onto…
Gov. Roy Cooper, an advocate for renewable energy whose family leases land for solar farms, is denying tax credits for solar energy investments. Investors could lose as much as $500 million they were expecting from the state, one tax lawyer told Carolina Journal.
Education stakeholders have long puzzled over how to implement the standards laid out in the decades-old Leandro case. A couple of groups are forming ideas to ensure the state lives up to the standards, but the range of conflicting voices involved may complicate…
[This story has been updated with additional information.] Education officials and lawmakers are scrambling to prevent the lay-offs of 220 teachers at the N.C. Virtual Public School during the upcoming fall semester. State law requires a mandatory 31-day break in service…
