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NC board to take public comment on non-citizen voter rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to hold a public comment period and meeting on proposed permanent rules for non-citizen list maintenance.
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Audit: $83M in SNAP benefits delayed to NC recipients
About $83 million and over 290,000 payments in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits were delayed in NC from 2021 to 2024, according to an audit from the NC Office of the State Auditor.
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Causey stresses need for flood insurance after Helene at Council of State meeting
At Tuesday’s Council of State meeting, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, a Republican, once again stressed the need for flood insurance after the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.
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NCDOT unveils its new clean-energy transportation plan
The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance environmental justice, and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
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NC enters into agreement with Denmark for offshore wind energy production
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
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Farmers win victory in Right to Repair equipment
U.S. farmers who use John Deere equipment won a huge victory on Jan. 8 as the manufacturer gave them the right to fix their own equipment. North Carolina legislators have been waging a similar fight for farmers here.
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Duke lobbyist said Cooper aide was untruthful
A Duke Energy lobbyist said Gov. Roy Cooper’s senior policy adviser, Ken Eudy, wasn’t truthful when making statements to a legislative committee investigating the Cooper administration’s role in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project and an associated $57.8 million discretionary fund. Eudy told Carolina Journal the lobbyist got it wrong. Eudy was the governor’s key negotiator...
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Legislative committee on Wednesday to hear results of pipeline probe
Did Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration require operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide Cooper a $57.8-milion “mitigation fund” before the state would approve the portion of the pipeline heading through North Carolina? Reporting by Carolina Journal suggests it did. The results of a legislative investigation into the issue will be released this week. The Joint Legislative...
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Timeline: Gov. Roy Cooper and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC was formed in 2014. The consortium would build a 600-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina. The next year, ACP filed an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; ACP would also need environmental permits in each of the three states and applied for...
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Governor’s pipeline negotiator had ties to Duke Energy
Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper’s policy adviser, was the governor’s key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper. Duke Energy also was a client of Capstrat, the marketing, advertising, lobbying and public relations firm Eudy co-founded in 1994. Documents released...
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Who is Doug? Pipeline committee wants to know role of DEQ official
Who is Doug Heyl? Members of a special legislative committee looking into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would like to know. Heyl is a top communications official in the state Department of Environmental Quality. But what role did Heyl play in the pipeline permitting process? Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, flashed a PowerPoint presentation during a meeting...
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Legislative leaders question possible benefits ACP fund may offer governor
A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million “slush fund” paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers. Shortly before the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations subcommittee was to meet Wednesday, Nov. 14, a spokesman for...
