RALEIGH — Leaders in the North Carolina Republican Party are doing all they can to help Chad Barefoot get elected to the Senate District 18 seat as part of a larger effort to expand their new majority and advance their agenda. If Barefoot defeats incumbent Democrat Doug Berger, it will help the Republicans maintain and expand their control of the Senate.
RALEIGH — Much of Democratic state Senate District 9 candidate Deborah Butler’s campaign against freshman Republican Sen. Thom Goolsby has focused on a piece of anti-abortion legislation he supported, even though both candidates say their primary goal is job creation.
RALEIGH — Since Raleigh legalized food trucks a year ago, 18 have been permitted to operate in 11 locations. After receiving only positive feedback about the roaming restaurants, city council now is considering opening up a few more places for them to park.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Board of Dietetics/Nutrition has investigated nearly 50 people or organizations over the past five years, including athletic trainers, a nurse, a pharmacist, a spa, and even Duke Integrative Medicine, according to a document provided to Carolina Journal.
RALEIGH — The redistricting plan adopted last year by the General Assembly morphed the boundaries of the 13th U.S. Congressional District so much that its own congressman chose not to seek re-election. The new district's demographics favor the GOP, so incumbent Democratic Rep. Brad Miller is not pursuing a sixth term.
RALEIGH — A federal judge has thrown out Paleo-diet blogger Steve Cooksey’s lawsuit against the North Carolina state agency he claims censored his blog and violated his freedom of speech. U.S. District Court Judge Max Coburn said Cooksey has no grounds to sue because he has not been injured yet.
RALEIGH — While they don’t agree on everything, the Republican and Democrat running for North Carolina Senate District 15 — which encompasses part of North Raleigh and part of Wake Forest — put environmental protection near the top of their political agendas.
RALEIGH — Until now, the “commissary rule” had forced food truck operators either to rent space in brick and mortar restaurants or commissaries or to buy their own restaurant-quality kitchens to serve as home bases for their mobile businesses. For many would-be entrepreneurs, the commissary rule is an impossible hurdle to jump.
RALEIGH — In an order dated Aug. 7, U.S. District Court Judge Max Coburn denied Steve Cooksey’s request for a preliminary injunction against the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition, which Cooksey claims is stopping him from giving nutritional advice on his blog, Diabetes-Warrior.net.
DURHAM — Despite — or perhaps because of — food trucks’ success, city planners have proposed banning them within 100 feet of restaurants, and 300 feet of special events including Durham’s weekly farmers’ market, which has become a hot spot for food trucks.
RALEIGH — The state has put each taxpayer $14,800 in debt, A report from the Institute for Truth in Accounting says. The financial burden on North Carolinians is worse than that on taxpayers in 34 other states, landing not too far behind California and New York on a scale of indebtedness.
