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Health Care

Atrium sounds off on State Health Plan strategy

Atrium Health is finally speaking out about its exclusion from the State Health Plan’s preferred-provider list — and it’s not happy. The decision “could leave
Blue Cross taps partners for state PBM deal
UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx and Puerto Rico-based Abarca Health are the key players in the nine-company consortium Blue Cross put together to become the State Health Plan’s pharmacy benefits manager. Abarca...
Court of Appeals overturns medical non-competes
A divided, all-Republican state Court of Appeals panel has voided one-year non-compete clauses it says could have kept two nurse practitioners on the sidelines of the medical profession. The offending contracts...

Budget & Taxes

North Carolina sports wagering in the spotlight

The return of its sports-betting market makes North Carolina a state to watch among those that have legalized gambling, the online publication SportsBoomsays. June’s total
Avery town used an unlicensed contractor for park work
Officials in Newland, a town of about 715 people in Avery County, gave $418,658 in maintenance work to a contractor who wasn’t properly licensedfor the job, State Auditor Dave Boliek...
Chamber report calls for repealing franchise tax
A new report commissioned by the NC Chamber contends state leaders should repeal North Carolina’s franchise tax on business net worth, arguing that it punishes innovative start-ups that have yet...

Education

Pembroke: Precedent for fundraiser meet-and-greets

UNC Pembroke officials say they set up public meet-and-greets for the finalists vying to become the university’s chief fundraiser because of the inherently “public-facing” nature
Pembroke unveils finalists for fundraising post
UNC Pembroke officials are holding a string of public meet-and-greets starting today with three people who are in line to become the university’s next chief fundraiser. The sessions will give...
NC State and Gaston land military textile funding
NC State University and Gaston College’s Kimbrell Campus in Belmont will lead a Department of Defense initiative aimed at improving production and performance of textiles used by the military. The...

Elections

Trio of swing-seat House Republicans trail in fundraising

Republican incumbents in a trio of key, near-toss-up N.C. House districts trailed their challengers in fundraising through June, according to their campaign-finance filings with the
Stein vetoes judges’ bill
Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed House Bill 377, siding with House Democratic Leader Robert Reives and other critics who oppose a provision that would allow judges to be suspended without...
Hall reports raising $1.9M for 2026 elections
Outgoing Senate leader Phil Berger is still the General Assembly’s champion fundraiser, but House Speaker Destin Hall is shaping up as a potential inheritor of the mantle. Berger’s campaign committee...