Thomas Stith has tendered his resignation as president of the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges, marking the latest departure in a community college system that has seen high turnover in recent years. The resignation is effective July 22.
Despite some reasonably good recent months of job gains, North Carolina’s economy is still down some 242,000 jobs from the start of the COVID pandemic.
The N.C. Community College System elected Thomas Stith III to lead it through the coronavirus pandemic and steep enrollment losses. Stith will become president of a system of 58 community colleges that enroll about 700,000 students a year. He now serves as district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, a federal agency that secured...
Thousands of small business loan applications from North Carolina businesses and pending, but state lawmakers are broadening the pool of applicants. House Speaker Tim Moore said a proposal to help cash-strapped small business owners will be money well spent. “This kind of loan is the difference between a business staying open or closing, between people...
The Rev. Mark Harris may know if he should plan to head to Washington, D.C. — or gear up for a new election in the contested 9th Congressional District — within a couple of weeks. The new State Board of Elections on Thursday spent several hours in closed session in a briefing on the board...
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper gave General Assembly Republicans a Memorial Day weekend present: yet another legal challenge to legislation the governor claims unconstitutionally limits his executive powers. Cooper’s office announced late Friday he filed a lawsuit seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions in Wake County Superior Court stemming from what he views as violations of separation...
RALEIGH — Gov.-elect Pat McCrory promised Thursday to scrutinize the efficiency and accountability of government departments and programs, while vowing to work across political and geographical boundaries to create more jobs and bring “a mayor’s attitude” of problem-solving to Raleigh.
The Republican primary for lieutenant governor has just gotten a lot more interesting -- a statement that until recently might have been an oxymoron.
Most of the remaining political races of the 2003 season will be settled on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Here's a list of the most significant contests to look out for.
