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Concern among NC farmers, as China boycotts US soybeans
China has placed no orders for new-crop soybeans this marketing year (which began Sept. 1), Charles Hall of the NC Soybean Association told CJ in a recent interview.
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Experts weigh in on expanding firearm safety education
Tennessee is expanding gun-safety instruction for their public school students to improve child-death statistics from accidents.
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Trump tariffs to take effect
After months of deadlines being pushed back, tariffs are set to go into effect for multiple countries, and NC businesses are bracing for the impact.
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North Carolina’s 2024 key wins and political trends explained
Ramesh Ponnuru, editor of National Review, speaks about predictions for the incoming Trump administration and North Carolina's role on the national level.
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Treasury Secretary Yellen spotlights IRA impact in Raleigh
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in North Carolina Thursday, visiting Wake Tech Community College to highlight what the Biden-Harris administration sees as the positive impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Sold, as its title suggests, as a means to lower inflation pressures on American producers and consumers, the IRA is now embraced as the most far-reaching climate legislation in US history.
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Hoffman among coastal elites driving bulk of NC Dems Q2 fundraising
A small group of out-of-state mega-donors made up nearly 71% of the North Carolina Democratic Party’s individual Quarter 2 fundraising, according to the latest data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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Homeowners must now disclose flooding history to buyers under new real estate rules
A new real estate rule took effect on Monday that requires anyone selling their home in North Carolina to disclose information about previous flooding incidents to potential buyers.
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2023 was another banner year for school choice in NC
School choice advocates thought it couldn’t get any better than the successes and growth of the movement in 2022. But then 2023 came along. Both in North Carolina and across the nation, 2023 was a banner year for school choice. On the legislative front in the Tar Heel State, lawmakers approved a massive expansion of the state’s...
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Former NCDHHS secretary Cohen officially tapped to be new director of CDC
President Joe Biden officially announced Friday the appointment of former North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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New NC Supreme Court filing offers reminder of Cohen’s role in Ace Speedway shutdown
A day after Mandy Cohen’s name surfaced as the likely nominee to lead a top federal health agency, a new brief filed at the N.C. Supreme Court discusses her role in shutting down an Alamance County racetrack during the COVID-19 pandemic. Owners of Ace Speedway filed the brief Friday in a case the state’s highest court is expected to review this year.
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Former NCDHHS secretary Cohen tapped for director of CDC
Former North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen is reportedly slated to become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Cooper steps into national spotlight
s chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper considers the 2022 election a good year for Democrat governors across the country. While in his own state his party suffered a net loss in the state legislature, the U.S. Senate seat, and all the statewide judicial races, nationally the Democrat organization he leads “avoided a net loss and picked up one governorship,” in November.
