As part of the USDA's decentralization, the department's research division will be moving to Raleigh.
As MLB looks to expand, North Carolina could be the home of a future MLB team.
A new study from NC State analyzes ten potential cities for an MLB team, with Raleigh and Charlotte among the top contenders.
To bring the USDA closer to the people it supports and provide a more affordable cost of living to government employees, the USDA will relocate many of the agency’s staff to five hub locations.
The worst months for allergies in North Carolina are April for tree pollen, May for grass pollen, and September for weed pollen.
According to a letter released by NC House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, sent to CEO of state funded NCInnovation (NCI), the organization has threatened legal action against a House staffer, and House leadership is quite upset about it. As previously reported by Carolina Journal, the board of directors of NCI — a private nonprofit given...
North Carolina U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis are among a contingent of ten Republican senators seeking answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) about seven “service centers” with ties to the Chinese Communist Party operating across the U.S., including one in Charlotte.
North Carolina continues to exhibit impressive economic performance. Last year, for example, only five states — Idaho, Tennessee, Florida, Nevada, and Texas — enjoyed faster growth in gross domestic product than we did. Our inflation-adjusted rate of 3.2% surpassed the national (2.1%) and regional (2.6%) averages. Now, it’s fair to point out that North Carolina’s...
Higher education is the object of aspiration and frustration. A lofty aim that, while promising opportunity, evokes feelings of anxiety from throngs of students neither academically nor financially secure. Commissions, boards, and committees spend hours deliberating on the subject. Politicos pontificate about gaps in student achievement. Newspapers and magazines publish story after story detailing the...
RALEIGH — The Western Governors University is heading east. WGU, an online college for nontraditional students, officially opened a North Carolina affiliate Oct. 5. The school already serves 1,100 students here but will expand publicity and access, said Catherine Truitt, the program’s new chancellor. Truitt, who was senior education policy adviser for former Gov. Pat McCrory,...
North Carolina’s economic challenge is not simply to address lingering barriers to growth and opportunity in rural communities.
