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Lawmakers question DOT hiring goals and DEI recruiter in hearing
Lawmakers questioned NCDOT’s hiring quotas for women and minorities and the agency’s DEI recruiter during a House committee hearing on DMV efficiency Wednesday.
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LGC votes to hire independent auditor to audit Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools
On Tuesday, NC’s Local Government Commission voted in favor of a resolution requiring an outside audit firm to conduct an internal controls audit of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System.
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Boliek investigating Charlotte transit system after light rail murder
NC State Auditor Dave Boliek said his office will now be investigating the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) after the horrifying murder of Iryna Zarutska, 23, on Charlotte’s light rail shortly before 10 pm on Aug. 22 by 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr.
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State orders review, as Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools faces debt crisis
The audit did not find evidence of fraud, but it detailed long-term mismanagement and weak internal controls and urged immediate corrective action.
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State takes control of Bertie County Child Welfare Services after fatality
Take over is effective on Friday, says NCDHHS. This is the fifth time in state history that the state has taken over a county social services department, and the first time any county DSS has been taken over twice.
Opinion
Time to hold Child Protective Services accountable… and get justice for Kemari
Nothing has been done to help Briauna get answers on how a previously healthy one-year old boy could simply die. To this point, she has been told essentially nothing, except that an autopsy is pending and could take months, or even more than a year.
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NCInnovation faces scrutiny over tax filings as $13 million in grants approved
NCInnovation, a nonprofit that has received hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds to spur commercialization of public university research, amended a key tax document after failing to indicate a previously made IRS election on its 2023 Form 990, one that could shield it from potential lobbying violations.
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House Oversight Committee grills Goodwin on NCDMV’s failures
The NC House Oversight Committee held a hearing Thursday morning, and continued hearing from agency and department leaders Thursday afternoon to examine what they do, how they do it, and how they measure their success.
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New bill would complete homes for Hurricane Florence, Matthew survivors
A new bill filed Wednesday by House Majority Leader Rep. Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, may finally provide help to the over 1,000 homeowners still needing homes nearly a decade after Hurricanes Florence and Matthew.
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Tillis, Budd disaster loan reform bill advances with bipartisan support
Budd and Tillis advance bill that would benefit small businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene.
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Trump names four North Carolinians to new FEMA oversight council
President Donald Trump has named four North Carolinians to the newly created Council that will assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after its botched response in western North Carolina and elsewhere.
Opinion
It’s time HOAs had some oversight
In a nationwide survey of Yelp reviews on homeowners associations, Raleigh tied for the city with the lowest ratings. Yelp’s lowest rating is 1 star out of 5, and Raleigh’s HOAs averaged 1.00 stars. Dissatisfaction with HOAs can cover a wide range of topics: from micromanaging the appearance of a member’s property, to increasing fees,...
