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Under Secretary Jenkins Travels to North Carolina
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins will travel to Fort Liberty, NC from July 30-31, 2024. While in North Carolina, the Under Secretary will meet with senior military leaders to gain insights into missions and priorities and discuss areas of increased partnership.
NC lawmakers look to override governor veto on cryptocurrency
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – North Carolina lawmakers aren’t saying state agencies won’t accept digital currency as payment, but recently passed legislation does say the state will not receive digital payments from the US Government. This money is called Central Bank Digital Currency, but it’s a vote that has some economists baffled. Central Bank Digital […]
North Carolina Braces for Summer Storms and High Temperatures
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina residents can expect a typical summer day with temperatures rising into the mid-80s to around 90 degrees. However, a broken line of showers and storms will cross over the mountains by early afternoon, bringing the risk of isolated strong winds and heavy downpours. According...
Republicans want NC absentee ballots returned in the wrong envelopes to be rejected
The state Board of Elections on Monday rejected state and national Republicans’ challenges to rules for absentee ballots and voter ID. The Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the NC Republican Party, and a Pasquotank County voter want county boards of elections to reject absentee ballots if they arrive in the wrong envelope. […]
If this is privatization, give us more government bureaucracy
If there’s a most persistent and destructive myth that’s permeated American public policy debates in recent decades, it is the fable of privatization. You know how this goes: “Once upon a time there was a wasteful public program that was turned over to hardworking private entrepreneurs who ‘ran it like a business’ and transformed it […]
Embattled North Carolina elections board meets on lawsuits, takes no action
(The Center Square) – The North Carolina State Board of Elections did not address its pending lawsuits following a closed session to discuss them on Monday. The board was hit by two different lawsuits in the past week, challenging its decisions to approve the We the People party and deny approval to the Justice for All […]
School choice keeps changing, but it’s never been simple
This story first appeared in Ann Doss Helms' weekly education newsletter. Sign up here Sign up here to get it to your inbox first. When you listen to North Carolina’s lawmakers, it can seem like school choice is a starkly partisan issue: Democrats support public education, while Republicans value choice and competition.
ECU College of Nursing to expand undergraduate program with state funding
East Carolina University’s College of Nursing has received a significant investment of $3 million from the state of North Carolina to increase the number of entry-to-practice nurses who graduate from the college’s undergraduate program. Of the nine UNC System schools that applied for, and received, funding increases to support their baccalaureate nursing programs, ECU received […] The post ECU College of Nursing to expand undergraduate program with state funding appeared first on Washington Daily News.
Murder suspect arrested in Myrtle Beach-area nightclub parking lot shooting
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Months after a deadly shooting at a Myrtle Beach area nightclub, police have arrested the suspected shooter. Kevin Gause, of Hoffman, North Carolina, was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Tuesday on a murder charge by an extradition company. It’s unclear where Gause was extradited from.
Tar Heel Traveler: Sanford powerlifter
Heather Connor of Sanford stands 4 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds. She's a powerlifter, one of the strongest women in the world and the only woman to ever deadlift four times her body weight. Heather has won national and world titles and hopes to compete in the Olympics..
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