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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...