State legislators were left even more confused on Thursday after hearing from the top executive in charge of disaster recovery—not from Hurricane Helene but from two hurricanes roughly seven years ago.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is facing new questions after a report surfaced that it has ordered contractors to stop building new homes for Hurricanes Florence and Matthew victims and has stopped paying contractors already in the middle of construction projects.
The North Carolina General Assembly sent a bill to the governor’s office on Wednesday that provides $50 million in funding to the Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR). This week, the agency was criticized during a committee meeting for its financial mismanagement.
Officials with the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency admitted Monday that it actually faces a $221 million shortfall rather than the $175 million budget deficit previously reported.
Legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers would mandate recipients of unemployment benefits actively search for work, a requirement that hasn’t been in place since the pandemic began in March. Traditionally, unemployment benefits have been linked to a job-search requirement. But in a March 10 executive order, Gov. Roy Cooper waived that requirement due to the economic...
In yet another sign of turmoil at the N.C. Division of Employment Security, officials announced this week the division overpaid more than $69 million in unemployment benefits last year. The pandemic causes a sharp spike in claims in 2020, with nearly a third of workers filing for unemployment. State and federal employment programs paid out...
Lockhart Taylor is out as director of employment security at the N.C. Department of Commerce. Pryor Gibson, who was a top legislative aide for former Gov. Bev Perdue, replaces Taylor. The announcement came Wednesday, May 27, more than a week after Taylor publicly apologized to struggling North Carolinians still waiting for unemployment benefits from the...
RALEIGH — A Monday event in Whiteville honoring former state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, has been canceled. Soles decided Thursday to cancel the event awarding the Order of the Long Leaf Pine after the Tabor City attorney learned that Carolina Journal had been unable to find any record showing that former Gov. Bev Perdue approved the award.
RALEIGH – Sparks flew during a Wednesday Senate committee meeting after a top aide to Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue said that he never intended to alter the opinion of a top Department of Transportation official when he changed a letter about the timing for money on two toll projects.
RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue’s top legislative aide told a Senate committee on Thursday that altered letters which ended up saying the opposite of what a top ranking Department of Transportation official intended was a mistake resulting from a rushed attempt to fulfill lawmakers’ concerns over two proposed toll projects.
RALEIGH — Today, Department of Transportation officials will explain to senators why altered letters were presented to lawmakers during budget negotiations. Thursday, representatives from Gov. Bev Perdue's office have their turn.
