Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has signed House Bill 890, omnibus legislation to make changes to laws governing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. The bill, in large part, aims to level the playing field for distillers, making rules more consistent with those governing breweries and wineries. H.B. 890 was one of nine bills Cooper signed...
I arrived at the office at 9 a.m, my normal time to report to the Front Street offices of WNCN-TV, also known as NBC-17, the NBC affiliate at the time for the Raleigh-Durham media market. After graduating from Campbell University in 1995, I had been a working reporter for the new station, covering general news...
In a radio station newsroom, 8:45 a.m. typically represents a point of limbo. Newscasts for morning-drive programs are winding down, and anchor/reporters are starting work on new stories to compile and write for the rest of the day. As assignment editor for Raleigh’s AM 680 WPTF, I was placing and planning phone calls, shuffling Associated...
I was in Las Vegas, an assistant city editor for the afternoon daily newspaper, the Las Vegas Sun. I awoke that Tuesday morning to a clock radio, from which an announcer was talking about a plane flying into a building in New York City. He and another man were debating whether it was an accident....
Republican budget writers in the General Assembly are bristling after the judge in the long-running Leandro school funding case set an arbitrary deadline of Oct. 18 for lawmakers to fund the court-ordered plan. In a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 8, Superior Court Judge David Lee ordered the legislature to comply or he would explore options to...
The N.C. Senate passed House Bill 110 on Wednesday, Sept. 8, which would modify rules to the HOPE rental assistance program. The bill comes as state and local leaders struggle to quickly distribute the federal rental assistance aid they’re tasked with administering. The changes will let landlords apply for assistance on behalf of tenants, along...
The rewriting of history is reaching new and absurd levels if World War II can be blamed on the Allies and not the Axis powers.
The N.C. Senate has passed House Bill 890, an all-encompassing measure that could help distillers succeed in a crowded and burgeoning industry. The bill passed the Senate on third reading, 35-7, Wednesday, Sept. 8, with a couple of technical amendments. The bill, in large part, aims to level the playing field for distillers, making rules...
After the topic sat dormant for several months, lawmakers once again took up a bill that would ban collusive settlements involving the state attorney general. A state House committee approved the bill Wednesday, Sept. 8. Senate Bill 360, Prohibit Collusive Settlements by the Attorney General, passed the House Judiciary Committee with a voice vote. The...
Climbing COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Carolina have energized the campaign for renewed mask mandates. The rules have also sparked protests from some who view it as a threat to personal liberty and dispute the efficacy of masking toward mitigating the spread of coronavirus. A group of young liberty-minded Republicans from Wake County organized a protest...
Ray Nothstine, Carolina Journal opinion editor, contrasts President Joe Biden’s approach to Afghanistan with that of the late N.C. Congressman Walter Jones. Learn more here: “Biden and Walter Jones offer striking contrast on Afghanistan.”
