Kari Travis - Carolina Journal News Service
Fayetteville State gets FIRE green light after revising speech codes
North Carolina just earned its 12th green-light rating for campus free speech.
UNC System board hoping to put recent controversies behind it
RALEIGH — Members of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors want you to know something.
They’re ready to move past the drama.
Legislators return to Raleigh, will consider new congressional maps
RALEIGH — They’re back.
Lawmakers will return to Raleigh Wednesday, Nov. 13, two weeks after adjourning a very, very long session.
State lawmakers return to hash out new congressional maps
RALEIGH — N.C. lawmakers are once again haggling over how to begin drawing new voter maps. This time, North Carolina’s congressional districts are at stake.
Harry Smith, former UNC Board of Governors chair, resigns from board
RALEIGH — Harry Smith, former chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, has officially resigned from the board.
Folwell wants transportation secretary sacked for overspending
RALEIGH — N.C. Transportation Secretary James Trogdon is a bad manager and should be replaced, says State Treasurer Dale Folwell.
Rep. Walker’s bill may have spurred NCAA to reconsider amateur rules
RALEIGH — U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-6th District, has the NCAA’s attention when it comes to fair pay for student athletes. But he wants action from the collegiate sports giant — and from Congress.
Judges grant injunction in congressional-map suit but approve legislative districts
RALEIGH — A panel of Superior Court judges have approved North Carolina’s newly redrawn legislative district voting maps, but lawmakers are headed back to the drawing board to create different maps for congressional races.
Farm Bill compromise delays hemp ban until June 2020
RALEIGH — Lawmakers have reached a compromise on smokable hemp, but their agreement may not make everyone in the hemp community happy. For now.
State transportation department running low on reserves
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation is running out of gas.
