NCI keeps investments cautious pending state budget decisions
The General Assembly’s budget impasse has left NCInnovation in limbo,
Health Care
State Health Plan rolls out first “preferred providers”
State Health Plan trustees have approved “preferred provider” contracts with the clinic networks of UNC Health and two other groups, State Treasurer Brad Briner’s office
Conservative group eyes case against nurse-practice limits
A California-based conservative group wants to take on North Carolina’s restrictions on advanced-practice nurses, even as the so-called SAVE Act remains bogged down on the General Assembly. The Pacific Legal...
Duke Health gets OK for tax-exempt bond issue
Duke Health has gained access to up to $275.7 million in tax-exempt bonds to cover the cost of its purchase in April of the former Lake Norman Regional Medical Center....
Budget & Taxes
NCI keeps investments cautious pending state budget decisions
The General Assembly’s budget impasse has left NCInnovation in limbo, at least when it comes to handling the $500 million endowment provided by legislators in
Rep. Paré criticizes Wake property tax decisions
Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake, a co-chair of the House select committee on property taxes, has been hammering local governments in her county for letting their tax burdens rise. Recent Twitter...
State-pension investment returns improve
North Carolina’s public retirement-system investments earned an estimated 13.3% return in calendar 2025, just under the average for well-stocked peer investment funds. It “was a very strong year,” said Kevin...
Education
NCSU involved in “Golden Dome” anti-missile project
NC State has a chance to participate in a $151 billion federally funded R&D program designed to bolster the country’s defenses against missile attacks. The
School vouchers: More used in blue counties
Two UNC Charlotte professors have published a study that suggests K-12 school vouchers aren’t as heavily used in the places where they’re likely the most politically popular. Writing in the...
Info about colleges’ NIL program hard to come by
UNC System schools are mostly sticking to the position that the details of the name, image and likeness programs they use to pay their athletes aren’t up for public discussion. Spokespeople for...
Elections
Stein: No place for antisemitism among Democrats
Gov. Josh Stein has denounced comments from a state Democratic Party activist who in social-media postings equated Zionism to Nazism. “Antisemitic comments and conspiracy theories
Measmer leading Crutchfield in fundraising
When it comes to General Assembly primaries, the Phil Berger-Sam Page GOP battle in Senate District 26 commands most of the attention for understandable reasons. But it’s not the only...
Page fundraising now at $46K
State campaign-finance reports are still trickling in, but in the most closely-watched legislative primary, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page says he’d raised $46,466 as of the end of 2025. This...