A bill to provide more transparency to the public regarding performance and disciplinary records of government employees moved one step closer to becoming law Monday evening as House Bill 64, Government Transparency Act of 2021, passed its third reading in the N.C. Senate. If enacted as law, the new requirements would apply to state employees...
A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it. Lawmakers filed Senate Bill 355, the Government Transparency Act of 2021, in late March, and it has been mired in committee since. Republic Sens. Norm Sanderson of Craven County, Bill...
Editor’s note: This story was updated March 30 to correctly identify Phil Lucey, N.C. Press Association executive director. A growing number of senators are signing on to a bill that would make more information available to the public on government employee performance. Under Senate Bill 355, a description of the reasons for personnel actions like...
Carolina Journal once again was recognized by its peers for excellence in journalism, winning five awards presented by the N.C. Press Association. The awards were presented by video as part of the N.C. Press Association’s 2020 Editorial and Advertising Contest during its annual conference. CJ first entered the competition in 2017 and has won nearly...
“Smart, innovative.” “Refreshing.” “Compelling anecdotes and engaging tone.” “A strong story in a solid field of competitors.” “First-rate thinking and writing.” These are some of the terms judges used praising Carolina Journal’s writers and editors, who collected a record seven awards in the N.C. Press Association’s 2019 Editorial and Advertising Contest. It’s the third straight...
For the second straight year, the N.C. Press Association acknowledged Carolina Journal’s reporting and commentary in its annual awards. CJ won in the Online Division for articles published in 2018 on carolinajournal.com. CJ Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson won first place in Editorials, giving him two consecutive first-place finishes in the category. Associate Editor Kari Travis also...
Carolina Journal received three awards at the recent N.C. Press Association Annual Convention in Raleigh, winning honors the first time CJ has submitted entries in the publication’s 27-year history. Associate Editor Kari Travis collected two awards: First place in Election/Political Reporting for a story on juvenile justice reform moves in the General Assembly, “Raising age...
RALEIGH — Roanoke Rapids City Manager Phyllis Lee refused Monday to release a Randy Parton Theatre quarterly financial statement that she had received from Randy Parton’s production company.
