By John Hood Raleigh, NC – There are about 300,000 fewer jobs in North Carolina today than there were in February, before the start of the COVID-19 recession. That’s a 7.5% drop in total employment — the biggest decline in…
By Rolin Mainuddin Pittsboro, NC – A lawyer by training, and with business experience, Robert Thomas is running for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 4. A strong supporter of the Second Amendment, he is for building the wall in…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Does North Carolina have a godfather? We would not want our godfather to be anything like Mexican Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, who is called “El Padrino,” which means “The Godfather.” Zepeda was arrested…
Pittsboro, NC – On October 19, 2020, Chatham County Board of Commissioners Chair Karen Howard presented the 2020 State of Chatham County Report at the Board’s Regular Session. The report covers fiscal year 2019-20, which is from July 1, 2019,…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – The State Board of Elections will send voters whose absentee ballots lack a witness signature a new ballot, restoring a process for mail-in votes that was tied up in state and federal courts.…
Raleigh, NC – With a strong showing from mail-in and early voters, North Carolina on Saturday eclipsed more than 1.4 million votes in the 2020 general election. In Chatham County, 16,952 early votes had been cast. This represents 29.5% of…
By Rick Henderson Raleigh, NC – The election lawsuit merry-go-round keeps turning, as tens of thousands of North Carolinians cast ballots at early voting sites, and legislative leaders urge the State Board of Elections to “stop this chaos.” The most…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will meet on Monday, October 19, 2020, at the Historic Chatham County Courthouse, 9 Hillsboro Street, Second Floor Courtroom, Pittsboro. The Work Session will begin at 3:00 p.m., and the…
By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – On October 14 the North State Journal featured a noteworthy article by Dr. S. Stanley Young, Ph.D. Young is an applied statistician, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and AAAS, and Director of…
By Tom Glendinning Pittsboro, NC – This letter is in response to the article by Reverend Carl Thompson that appeared in the Chatham News & Record newspaper on October 9, 2020. The Chatham County NAACP message published recently was a…