RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly saw moderate activity during the 2024 session during an election year where Republicans saw gains nationally but lost their supermajority in the state legislature. While Donald Trump won […]
RALEIGH — Former state Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) has been focusing on family since he departed the legislature on July 2. Perry, who announced last December 2023 he wouldn’t run for reelection this year before […]
RALEIGH — State Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) resigned Tuesday after he previously announced he would not seek reelection. “It is a special privilege to serve in the North Carolina Senate,” Perry, the Senate majority whip, […]
WALLACE — There’s no doubt that kids these days are spending a lot more time staring at screens on their phones, laptops and televisions than any other generation in history. In 2015, state legislators recognized […]
According to family lore, Evan Perry turned down the chance to play minor league baseball because his family needed him to help work on their farm. He eventually inherited the 25-acre tobacco, corn and peanut […]
Technology is an important and growing sector of North Carolina’s economy. The tech industry employs almost 270,000 workers and supports almost 900,000 secondary jobs. All told, the tech industry supports approximately 20% of the state’s […]
HILLSBOROUGH — The Orange County School Board voted to approve a dramatic tightening of their COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines and Expectations at a special meeting on Aug. 16. The exception was the most controversial […]
RALEIGH — A Senate bill containing money to support the North Carolina Trooper Association Caisson Unit is making its way through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 424 seeks to appropriate $250,000 in nonrecurring funds for […]
RALEIGH — The state’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has improved slightly but still trails most of the nation. According to the CDC, the state’s rate, as of data uploaded at the end of last week, showed […]
RALEIGH — Lawmakers in the N.C. Senate are pushing back after receiving an explanation by the Cooper administration as to why the governor redirected COVID-19 relief funds earmarked for rural broadband projects. A Nov. 21 […]
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