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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday commuted the sentence of a man imprisoned since he was a teenager in connection with a fatal robbery and shooting and also issued pardons to four other people convicted of crimes committed in their youth.
State emergency officials said the National Guard, state Highway Patrol troopers, transportation and local first responders are staged across the state.
The province has invited non-profits, First Nations, municipalities and other organizations to submit proposals, which will be accepted until mid-November.
Bill to make more NC gov't employee info public resurfaces June 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More information about the work histories of North Carolina state and local government employees would be subject to public disclosure in legislation that's resurfaced this week in the Senate. The chamber's judiciary committee voted Wednesday for the measure, which would provide short explanations about why a worker has been demoted, dismissed, transferred of suspended as of this December. Current law only requires a “general description of the reasons” for a worker's promot...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that the state will more quickly open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those who are frontline essential workers or have serious underlying health issues. The state had been set to allow a broad group of workers ranging from mail carriers to elected officials to begin receiving vaccines March 10. But with approval of a single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and more than...