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Governor Roy Cooper released a recommended budget for FY 2021-2023 that will strengthen North Carolina to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and ignite recovery for all North Carolinians. The Governor’s plan recommends significant investments in schools and increased pay for teachers, action…Read More »
By Ned Oliver NC POLICY WATCH – 3/29/2021 [Editor’s note: The chasm between the policies pursued by legislative leaders in North Carolina and Virginia continues to grow. The following stories by reporter Ned Oliver of the Virginia Mercury highlight that divergence on two high-profile issues…Read More »
By Ned Oliver NC Policy Watch Democratic leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates say they now support legalizing marijuana on July 1, joining the Senate in backing amendments to a legalization bill lawmakers passed last month. They also went a step…Read More »
As RC Catalyst has previously reported, Deputy Tyler Greene from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigations (“SBI”) for fatally shooting Ethan Calton in the back on December 1, 2020. In the immediate aftermath of…Read More »
On 4-2-2021, at approximately 2137 hours, Deputy H. Haynes with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Division attempted to stop a motorcycle for a traffic violation in the area of Ferry Rd and Island Ford Rd. The motorcycle, which was driven…Read More »
UTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. – Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office officials said Oscar Kent Wright is wanted by the Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force for possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and distribute Schedule I controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and distribute…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg NC POLICY WATCH – 3/30/2021 Colonial Pipeline’s own tests indicate high levels of PFAS that could be linked to clean-up efforts, but state regulators say they need more data Mysterious discrepancies in test results between Colonial Pipeline and the…Read More »
Robinhood will invest $11 million in Charlotte Raleigh Mar 30, 2021 Robinhood Markets, Inc., a California-based financial services firm, will create nearly 400 jobs in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest $11.7 million to establish an office…Read More »
Six new grant recipients to have economic impact of more than $134 million Raleigh Apr 1, 2021 After pressing pause in 2020, film production has resumed in North Carolina with six recent grant recipients. With production levels at a six-year high so far…Read More »
In a move that deserves mention in its own legendary ballad, District Attorney Ted Bell recently scheduled a simple littering trial as the very first case to be heard by a jury in nearly a year. Due to the effects of the…Read More »
