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…
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…
Food trucks are a fixture at breweries, office complexes, and community festivals. For Cary’s Downtown Chowdown, typically held in April, food trucks span the length of Academy Street. People pack in and lines form. Long lines. Patios around breweries fill quickly. People…
With much of North Carolina’s economy shut down, jobless rates soaring, and families quarantined, the pressure on newly released inmates will be far more intense than usual.
The coronavirus has nearly everyone re-evaluating what is a necessity and what is not. While households are making decisions on what travel is essential and which household items to stock up on, state and local governments are re-evaluating what regulations are truly necessary and which ones are just…
North Carolinians who have filed for unemployment insurance because of COVID-19 won’t see payments for at least two weeks, state officials said during a Friday, April 3 news conference. The head of the state’s employment office also said roughly 41,000 people have gotten payments.
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: Prison pandemic response: The House continuity of state operations working group heard March 31 about the challenges the…
Editor’s note: Some names in this story have been changed to protect identities. Jane, a Raleigh-based cosmetologist, wanted to keep working when her salon closed March 25. She didn’t know providing in-home manicures was illegal. Last month, Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all hair and…
A weekly report issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor says 73,597 North Carolina workers should receive unemployment insurance benefits for the week ending March 21. How many payments are going out? Neither Gov. Roy Cooper nor officials with the Division of Employment Security will say. Cooper said…
Money topped the list of needs from North Carolina’s institutions of higher education in a meeting Thursday, April 2, of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education Working Group. The economy won’t recover if colleges and universities aren’t there to prepare a workforce, higher education leaders…
