Conservatives for Clean Energy awards
NASCAR, Walmart, Truliant Federal Credit Union, the Greater Durham Chamber
Health Care
Health care labor shortages
North Carolina’s healthcare labor force has been on multiple radars this week, for everyone from hospital chiefs to business leaders to the UNC System’s overlords.
Folwell and Blue Cross, not bygones
With seven weeks left in State Treasurer Dale Folwell's term, he’s not leaving without taking a parting shot at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. He recently wrote...
On the move: Josh Dobson
Former Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson today will start work as the new president and CEO of the N.C. Healthcare Association. The 43-year-old replaces Stephen Lawler, who’s retiring after seven years...
Budget & Taxes
Child-care challenges
North Carolina continues to leave money on the table by failing to get its child-care house in order, a new report from the N.C. Department
Some hurricane-related tax relief
House Bill 149, the Helene relief bill, includes a section that’s designed to give people and businesses affected by the hurricane a bit of breathing room on the taxes. One...
The NC Chamber’s legislative scorecard
The N.C. Chamber on Thursday released its annual legislative scorecard, which rates General Assembly members on their votes in support or opposition of bills the group deems important to North...
Education
Cabarrus County school bonds
Cabarrus County officials left the Local Government Commission’s November meeting with permission to borrow up to $151 million for school and library projects. But the
UNC System looks at all-campus conduct strategy
Officials at the UNC System want its universities to more closely align their approaches to campus conduct, in part in response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations at UNC Chapel Hill and other...
Early retirement at UNC: Back for more?
The UNC System’s $16.8 million drive to convince some tenured professors to take early retirement is such a success in the eyes of headquarters staff that it’ll likely ask for...
Elections
Hall’s rise to speaker confirmed within GOP
The results are in, and House Republicans have agreed that Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, will succeed departing Speaker Tim Moore when they convene in the
On the move: Luke Farley’s future staff
Labor Commissioner-elect Luke Farley is shuffling some key department officials around. Jennifer Haigwood will become chief of staff, moving from her existing post as director of occupational safety and health....
Bond pass everywhere else
As mentioned, the Cary vote broke with the pattern elsewhere. Just in the Triangle, Chapel Hill voters backed a quintet of bond issues that collectively sought $44 million in borrowing...