Disasters and banks
The same week that Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina,
Health Care
State, Wake and Raleigh join forces on incentives deal for medical-staffing company
Weatherby Healthcare, a medical staffing company, has pledged to invest $7.6 million and to add 155 new jobs by 2029 to secure state and local
Mission Hospital may drill more wells
Meanwhile, officials at Asheville’s Mission Hospital say they continue to “have the staff and resources” to treat all patients arriving via ambulance or through the emergency room. That’s in part...
Dale Folwell responds to House Speaker Tim Moore
With just three months remaining in his term, State Treasurer Dale Folwell has let his feelings about House Speaker Tim Moore be known in the wake of Moore’s recent blast...
Budget & Taxes
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
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...
Shooting straight dice
Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Currituck, got an 88% score and the “jobs champion” label despite introducing two bills, House Bills 32 and 393, that the Chamber considers “anti-business.” HB 32 requires a...
Education
NC Promise: Not for the summer?
The hold-harmless funding legislators pledged to give UNC System campuses that agreed to participate in the N.C. Promise tuition-cap program is beginning to fall a
WCU joins App, UNC Asheville in delaying resumption of classes
Western Carolina University may have escaped damage from Hurricane Helene, but so many employees are coping with the storm’s fallout that the institution is waiting until at least Oct. 21...
South Carolina’s school-voucher ruling
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash North Carolina Democrats from Gov. Roy Cooper on down are cheering a state Supreme Court ruling in neighboring South Carolina...
Elections
The NC treasurer’s race
Would-be state treasurers Brad Briner and Wesley Harris don’t just agree that the state needs to be more aggressive about investing its pension funds. They
NC Treasurer candidate Wesley Harris (D) on cost sharing
Harris didn’t attend this month’s review of the Cabarrus applications and so didn’t have anything specific to say about them beyond the general point that “imposing their political will isn’t...
NC Treasurer candidate Brad Briner (R) on Cabarrus deals
Briner attended the LGC meeting earlier this month that saw it OK $85 million in borrowing by Cabarrus County to buy new quarters for its social services department and help...
