How would you feel if they went out to dinner and a portion of the charge is hidden from the menu or website? That was my experience with Garland restaurant in downtown Raleigh. A 6% “living wage surcharge” was tacked on to my bill. Not only wasn’t the charge visible on the menu or website,...
When discussing topics like diversity and inclusion, it is important to have a shared language on the buzzwords used. The City of Raleigh’s Equity and Inclusion department provides a list of definitions for common terms used when discussing topics like equity, race, and racism. Some of these definitions are sufficient, but most of them miss...
RALEIGH, NC—Lawmakers in the North Carolina House fast-tracked a bill today that would allow businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans from the federal government to have any expenses the funds were used for deducted from state tax. At the federal level, both PPP loan amounts and expenses are tax exempt. North Carolina is one...
“I just knew some nice person would find my ring, I just did not know it would be you."
While an annual report from a financial watchdog shows most U.S. cities are poorly prepared to face the fiscal fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the three North Carolina cities examined showed stronger numbers. Chicago-based Truth in Accounting released its annual Financial State of the Cities study on Tuesday, Jan. 26, examining the monetary health of...
A simple conversation with a neighbor about school options could transform their child’s life.
Ketch Secor of the energetic American roots band Old Crow Medicine Show and a few of his talented friends streamed a concert from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend. In eloquent music parlance, they killed it. One song, “Wagon Wheel,” though overplayed and over covered — Darius Rucker remade it —...
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 health departments responding to COVID-19. Counties can support testing...
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. June 25 to clarify a fee regarding expungements. In April, Raleigh-based law firm Osborn, Gambale, Beckley, and Budd launched an RV-based legal clinic providing free legal advice to communities that lack services nearby. Most people were excited that a law firm would be offering advice free-of-charge...
An Asheville man has incurred $850,000 in fines because of rentals he operates in the city. Raleigh may be thinking about imposing the same types of fines against its residents who offer short-term property rentals under Airbnb or other outlets. The Citizen-Times reports Reid Thompson has flouted Asheville’s short-term rental ban. Despite the growing fines,...
Bickering over the state education budget opened the floodgates to a red sea in downtown Raleigh. Teachers, school personnel, and students clad in red T-shirts took to the streets Wednesday, May 16. They clustered on the old Capitol grounds. They crowded shoulder to shoulder in a massive throng slowly pushing toward the state...
