Senate proposes time limits for local zoning reviews
Senators have passed and sent to the House a regulatory
Health Care
Group urges Wake commish to put strings on WakeMed/Atrium deal
A Washington-based advocacy group is urging Wake County Commissioners to asked more questions and attach some strings to the proposed WakeMed-Atrium Health merger. The strings
Senators worry about AI-driven hospital billing
Senators have rewritten a House bill to ban insurance companies from using AI as “the sole basis” for denying the pre-approval of healthcare claims. The revised House Bill 565 also...
UNC Health requests target Wilmington, Asheville
UNC Health officials say they’ve applied to state Department of Health and Human Services for certificates of need that would allow them to build new hospitals in Wilmington and Asheville....
Budget & Taxes
Stein OKs revaluation moratorium
Gov. Josh Stein has signed into law a one-year moratorium on the use of the new-for-2026 valuation updates Guilford County and a few other counties
Tax bill on the move, despite R&D complaints
House and Senate Republicans are poised to pass an omnibus tax bill that will also allow credit unions to broaden their membership base. The compromise version of Senate Bill 595...
ABC plans quick-turnaround pricing study
The State ABC Commission has ordered its staff to conduct “a thorough study of minimum baseline pricing” for liquor, with a preliminary report from it due in 30 days, its...
Education
Community Colleges struggles to fill nursing posts
North Carolina has a nursing shortage, but the N.C. Community Colleges has its own problems when it comes to hiring instructors in the field to
Senate bill funds Khan Academy AI tutors
Legislators returning to Raleigh this week from their Memorial Day holiday will find a docket that includes an omnibus reform bill for the state’s K-12 schools. Senate Bill 1006 is...
N.C. A&T trustee resigns
Mark Copeland, vice chair of the N.C. A&T State University board of trustees, resigned from that post last week. Copeland’s resignation on April 24 came a day after State Auditor...
Elections
Cohn back in race; Kiger replaces Stevens
Rep. Bryan Cohn, D-Granville, is back on the campaign trail after party leaders in Granville and Vance counties picked him to replace a candidate for
SEIU role in Charlotte council race draws criticism
An anti-union Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group is asking federal officials to study whether the Service Employees International Union violated laws in helping oust a Charlotte City Council candidate last year...
AI video targets Barnes-Gailliard race
An AI-generated video that’s making the rounds on social media depicts a state Senate candidate and prominent Rocky Mount pastor, James Gailliard, as a literal tool of Satan. By contrast,...