Tax bill on the move, despite R&D complaints
House and Senate Republicans are poised to pass an omnibus
Health Care
Burgin healthcare bill mired in Senate
Sen. Jim Burgin’s healthcare reform bill cleared another hurdle on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether it’ll eventually got to the Senate floor for a vote
CON battles in Winston-Salem and Wilmington
North Carolina hospital chains Atrium Health and Cone Health say they’ve filed certificate-of-need applications with the state for major projects would expand their geographic scope. Cone proposes to open a...
Social-media regs wait in the wings
Legislators are close to getting a bill to regulate teens’ access to “addictive social media platforms” and applications across the finish line. The Senate on June 10 passed and returned...
Budget & Taxes
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
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...
Legislators want to clamp down on occupancy-tax diversions
House members aren’t about to let the ink dry on a recent state Supreme Court ruling without acting to stop Currituck County and other places from using motel-tax money to...
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
The (bleep) word
Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, posted a two-minute Instagram video this week that included about a dozen bleeped profanities directed at the state’s Republican
Granville-Vance House candidate steps aside
Democrats in Granville and Vance counties need to find themselves a new candidate for the House District 32 seat. The previous nominee, Oxford City Commissioner Curtis McRae, is withdrawing from...
Wake Forest commissioner tabbed for Senate seat
Democratic Party leaders in Wake and Granville counties have named lawyer and Wake Forest Town Commissioner Haseeb Fatmi as the replacement for former state Sen. Terence Everitt. The decision comes...