U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of 18 Republican colleagues introduced a broad package to clarify and strengthen violent crime laws related to attacks on law enforcement, bank robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and other offenses. The Combating Violent and...
The Carolina Journal is reporting that groups representing manufacturers, small businesses, and more than 500 large corporations hope the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case of a sales tax dispute from North Carolina. The National Association of Manufacturers,...
The state’s seasonally adjusted March 2023 unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from February’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.5 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for halting the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) system deployments and pre-deployment, a move that Senator Tillis had repeatedly called for. Tillis said that he...
A 19-year-old girl is dead after an overnight crash early yesterday morning on NC-540 in Apex, according to state Highway Patrol. At about 12:15am, troopers said they were called to Triangle Expressway, near US-1 North and Veridea Parkway in reference to a crash...
Earlier this week, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), held a hearing to conduct oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Congressman McHenry is committed to holding Chair Gensler accountable for his regulation...
