Small businesses in the local area are feeling the burden of expensive employee health insurance. The fear for many companies and employees is that eventually it will become more practical to simply cut health insurance out of their staff expenses.
The UNC Association of Student Governments will end the fiscal year with a budget surplus. The association comprises representatives from student governments from the UNC system's 17 campuses.
Grandfather Mountain is now a state park of North Carolina. Gov. Bev Perdue signed a law Tuesday that finalizes the purchase of the park and implements new protection rights to the area. Gov. Bev Perdue signed a law Tuesday that finalizes the purchase of the park and implements new protection rights to the area.
A UNC study commission decided Thursday to finalize the pieces of a systemwide policy on hate crimes. The UNC Study Commission to Review Student Codes of Conduct as They Relate to Hate Crimes voted to recommend the policy to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles.
A bill to amend the state constitution and ban marriage or civil unions for same-sex couples has been introduced in the N.C. General Assembly every year since 2005. Marriages in North Carolina between same-sex couples already are not valid according to state law. Supporters of the bill which was filed Monday argue that the strength of the current law is vulnerable without a constitutional amendment.
