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Yes, State Treasurer Dale Folwell might have sounded a little like the guy who informs you that “Whew, it’s really hot” on a 98-degree day.

Yes, State Treasurer Dale Folwell might have sounded a little like the guy who informs you that “Whew, it’s really hot” on a 98-degree day.

Recently, a coalition of media outlets led by the Carolina Journal sent a letter to all North Carolina lawmakers opposing language in the state budget that grants legislators broad discretion, as custodians of their own public records, to determine what qualifies as a “public record.” Further, it allows for destruction of documents lawmakers deem not

At the end of September, a bill was passed that allocates a portion of North Carolina’s new budget to a secret police force. An investigative organization called the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations (JLCGO), will be able to investigate state and governmental agencies — including non-state agencies that are given public funds. Republicans claimed...

Public needs more access to public records, not less

On Tuesday, a coalition of media outlets led by the Carolina Journal sent a letter to all North Carolina lawmakers opposing language in the state budget that grants legislators broad discretion as custodians of their own public records, to determine what qualifies as a "public record." Further, it allows for the destruction of documents lawmakers

Now that the North Carolina General Assembly has finally passed a state budget for the 2023-25 biennium — and Gov. Roy Cooper has decided not to veto it, allowing it

Democrats are sounding the alarm about the "punitive power" given to a key investigative committee.

“This consolidation of force and coercion is very worrying,” one critic of the provision said.

They are exercising rights theyve had for 50 years, but why should that matter?