(The Center Square) – Incentives of $2.2 million locally and from the state of North Carolina have helped land new plant plans in Mocksville for the maker of furniture for IKEA. SBA Home, a Lithuanian furniture company, plans a $70 million furniture factory that creates 250 jobs. Mocksville and Davie County anted up about $800,000 […]
(The Center Square) – Full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has taken another step forward. Long sought by the largest American-Indian tribe east of the Mississippi River, and ninth largest in the nation, most members of the Lumbee are in Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and Scotland counties. Lumbees were denied any federal […]
President-elect Donald Trump will start his second term with an even larger web of financial entanglements, reviving concerns over how a billionaire businessman and his allies can serve in the White House without conflicts of interest. Trump promised the Trump Organization’s pursuits would be walled off from his duties as president upon first entering office […]
President Joe Biden gifted his famous aviator sunglasses 57 times to world leaders over the course of two years, gave a Cambodian dictator a $2,310 hand-blown glass vase, and passed out leather soccer balls worth thousands to others. These are just some of the gifts the Biden-Harris administration has given using taxpayer funds, according to financial […]
The national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose again on Thursday to $3.045, according to AAA. Prices have increased every day this week and are now over two cents more expensive since Monday, when the price was $3.024. Despite recent increases, gas prices have been trending downward in recent weeks. Today, a […]
President Joe Biden is on track to break the record previously set by President-elect Donald Trump in his first term to confirm the most judicial nominees despite an eleventh-hour plea from the incoming president urging Senate Republicans not to help fast-track the process. Senate Democrats have confirmed 233 judicial nominees during Biden’s presidency and are […]
Less than a week before Christmas, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that workers will strike at various Amazon locations throughout the country starting Thursday at 6 a.m. The work stoppage is due to a union claim that Amazon has repeatedly rejected bargaining requests with “thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,” read […]
Venezuela’s opposition party leaders may have been stonewalled by Nicolas Maduro’s regime regarding the country’s presidential election, denying them their rightful place as victors. However, the European Union has acknowledged their efforts and plight by recognizing them with a human rights prize. The country’s election was held on July 28, but Maduro and Edmundo Gonzalez, […]
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was on Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers regarding increased regulations on youth residential treatment facilities. She caught attention for more than just her lobbying: She went viral riding around Capitol Hill on a motorized suitcase. “My brother in law is in DC for work and saw Paris Hilton pass […]
The Department of Justice’s internal investigation into misconduct allegations against special counsel Jack Smith’s office will not conclude until next year, likely after Smith’s office has already disbanded, the department said Wednesday. The DOJ revealed the rough time frame in a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) […]
