State regulators have approved an additional 70 hospital beds and four operating rooms for hospitals in Wake County, a far cry from the 246 hospital beds and 13 operating rooms that were requested. Some of those beds and rooms were also included in requests for three new hospitals which were also rejected.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Raleigh Friday on her plans to combat inflation, if elected. This follows former President Trump’s speech in Asheville on his plans, but the policy points demonstrate the candidates' very different approaches to economics.
North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell is under investigation for the alleged misuse of state vehicles.
The Republican runoff race for Congressional District 13 was finalized Tuesday evening, with Brad Knott officially becoming the Republican nominee. Knott was facing a runoff with Republican Kelly Daughtry, but earlier this month Daughtry announced she was dropping out.
Dr. Peter Morris, executive director of Urban Ministries talks about food deserts and food insecurity in Wake County.
The runoff election for the Republican nomination in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District race is heating up as both candidates work to align themselves with former President Donald Trump.
Beth Wood’s swan song as North Carolina’s State Auditor came to an end Friday with her pleading guilty in Wake County Superior Court to two misdemeanor counts of misusing her state-owned vehicle.
The state has given WakeMed preliminary approval to build a new hospital in Garner and a new mental health hospital in Knightdale. The state also approved adding beds to both Duke Raleigh and UNC Rex hospitals.
On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper announced more than 75 appointments to state boards and commissions. The appointments are some of more than 350 state posts over which the governor has appointment power, ranging from occupational boards to issue advocacy groups. Among the appointments, state Rep. Michael Wray, D-Gaston, was appointed to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries...
From establishing Constitution restoration training to having media sanctioned by a media accountability ombudsman, Republican primary candidates for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District are stumping on a wide range of policy ideas ahead of the May 17 primary election. The 2nd is one of two congressional districts in Wake County. It runs from north of...
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...
