Babies and their parents across the country, including North Carolina, continue to pay the price for the baby formula shortage that began months ago.
KINSTON — Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King, who announced the change, was the same DOJ official who, The Washington Times reports, recommended that the federal government “drop voter intimidation charges against members of the militant New Black Panthers” in Philadelphia during the 2008 presidential election.
RALEIGH — The president of a North Carolina-based Catholic college says he would rather close his school than comply with an order from the Obama administration requiring the private institution to offer contraception and abortion coverage as part of its employee health insurance plan.
RALEIGH — Republican Ninth District Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina last week joined U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Michigan, in urging Attorney General Alberto Gonzales not to participate in a Labor Day weekend convention conducted by a U.S.-based Islamic group.
RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina has been targeted by a radio advertisement campaign because of his support of a bill that would simplify the process in which workers could indicate their desire to unionize, but pro-business opponents of the measure say the changes would leave other employees vulnerable to pro-union intimidation tactics.
RALEIGH — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill that would simplify the process in which workers could indicate their desire to unionize, but opponents of the measure say the changes would leave other employees vulnerable to pro-union intimidation tactics.
RALEIGH — As national Democratic Party leaders such as Howard Dean and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton heaped criticism on President Bush's administration over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, only a couple of North Carolina's congressmen outwardly joined in.
RALEIGH — Officials in North Carolina hold differing opinions on the local implications of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Kelo v. New London eminent-domain case in late June. But nearly all of the elected leaders surveyed by Carolina Journal were concerned about the potential for infringement on individual property rights.
RALEIGH — The conflict between presidential candidates John Edwards and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in the Democratic debate Tuesday night overshadowed questions about the North Carolina senator’s view of Georgia Sen. Zell Miller. The moderator reminded Edwards that he had once said, "It’s absolutely critical that Democrats reach out to people like Zell Miller." Now, with Miller endorsing President Bush and promoting his new book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat, Edwards answered that he "disagreed with Zell Miller, obviously" and that Miller does not speak for most Southerners.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington, DC resulted from a massive failure of the United States’ intelligence agencies, a prominent defense and security writer. Bill Gertz, a Washington Times reporter known for his ability to get information from Pentagon sources, offered his insights about the attacks reports Paul Chesser.
