Another crypto bill is wending its way through Congress, but ran into a speed bump this week as banking and crypto interests continue to clash over its provisions. The U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee, chaired by South Carolina U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, had been scheduled for Thursday to mark up a revised version of what’s called […]
Charlotte-based Coca-Cola Consolidated says it’s going to donate $25 million toward the launch of NC Children’s, the new hospital UNC Health and Duke Health intend to build in southern Apex. The company is the country’s largest Coca-Cola bottler and its donation is the first “significant gift” NC Children’s has received, organizers say. They want to […]
Adam Wagner/WUNC News With flu deaths spiking in North Carolina, state health officials are urging people to get their annual flu vaccines. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday that 63 additional people died from the flu in the state, bringing this season’s total to 134 deaths. By comparison, the state had […]
Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio A Superior Court judge on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to remove Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden from office, but ruled that the effort could move forward later — if it’s approved by the district attorney. Five Mecklenburg County residents filed the petition earlier this month, alleging McFadden is unfit to serve. […]
Albert Samaha/The Washington Post Sports bettors worked with dozens of players across NCAA men’s basketball to rig the outcome of at least 29 games, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed Thursday, the latest development in a widening scandal stretching across collegiate and professional basketball. Among the defendants named by prosecutors are Shane Hennen and […]
Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline A state House committee on involuntary commitment of people with mental illnesses began after Iryna Zarutska was killed last year by a man with a long criminal history and a schizophrenia diagnosis. Now, another death has brought new immediacy to the committee’s work. At the request of Wake Co. Republican Reps. Erin […]
Annie Dance/The Carolina Journal State officials overseeing western North Carolina’s disaster recovery efforts acknowledged ongoing funding gaps, federal reimbursement delays, and housing challenges during a Jan. 9 meeting of the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina (GROW NC) at Isothermal Community College in Spindale. Each month, the advisory committee meets at a different community […]
WRAL News The former Newton Grove police chief, who was charged with secret peeping and indecent liberties with a minor, now faces more charges. Greg Warren was charged with trafficking, opium or heroin and possessing a weapon of mass destruction. The 50-year-old Warren appeared in Sampson County court on Thursday for a bond hearing. Warrants […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education again failed to elect a new chair and vice chairperson during a heated meeting Tuesday night. The board’s been in a stalemate for nearly a month, which has allowed Chairperson Deanna Kaplan to retain her role despite not receiving a nomination. Members instead nominated Alex Bohannon […]
Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily One local beach town is trying out a new tactic to entice jobseekers to its doorsteps, following a request for action from its town manager. Earlier this week, the Carolina Beach Town Council voted unanimously in favor of increasing merit raises from 2% to 4% to try and improve recruitment and […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Accusations of secrecy, mismanagement, and withheld documents have fractured the nonprofit Fayetteville‑Cumberland County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, putting the future of the taxpayer‑funded MLK Park project in jeopardy. Some civic leaders are even calling for committee chair Stanley Ford to resign. “I’m hurt and embarrassed by him because of the […]
The High Point Enterprise The remaining machinery and equipment of High Point upholstery manufacturer Woodmark Furniture, which closed last fall as a result of its parent company going out of business, will be liquidated at auction next week. Parent company Howard Miller Co. announced the Jan. 20 auction on Thursday. It will be the second […]
House Speaker Destin Hall’s property tax committee may embark on a side quest, as it’s hearing complaints about a court-opened loophole that can allow some apartment-complex owners to claim an exemption from local taxation. The concern comes from the N.C. Association of County Commissioners and the Self-Help Credit Union and concerns the fallout of a […]
State law already exempts about 12% of all real estate in North Carolina from property taxes, legislative staffers told House Speaker Destin Hall’s tax-reform panel on Wednesday. That amounts to $222 billion in assessed value, out of $1.8 trillion total. All told, the exemptions cost local governments around the state about $2.1 billion a year […]
North Carolina’s multi-decade revamp of its mental health care system seems to have damaged one of the tools it might find useful in dealing with situations like those that led to two recent killings. State law allows “outpatient involuntary commitment,” a process that Duke School of Medicine professor Marvin Swartz and Manhattan Institute fellow Stephen […]
