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Health Care

Rural practice still not drawing NC med-school grads

North Carolina’s would-be physicians have been shying away from setting up primary care practices in the rural parts of the state for years, and the
CON needs to go, State Health Plan trustee says
The No. 2 man on the State Health Plan trustees told a Congressional subcommittee he favors doing away with North Carolina’s certificate-of-need laws to foster more competition in the healthcare...
State Health Plan adds rural Atrium hospitals to mid-price tier
State Health Plan officials have added a dozen Atrium Health hospitals and clinics to the plan’s middle-cost tier, but Atrium’s big hospitals in Charlotte and Winston-Salem aren’t among them. The...

Budget & Taxes

Every UNC university with athletics subsidizes it

Not a single one of the UNC System’s schools is able to pay for intercollegiate athletics with just the revenue its teams bring in —
Lottery and online games: Big growth, low return
The N.C. Education Lottery’s fastest-growing new offerings also generate the lowest rate of return for North Carolina’s schools, State Auditor Dave Boliek and his team say. Online “digital instant games”...
Major cities to get more LGC scrutiny
Touting it as a major shift, State Treasurer Brad Briner and his aides say they’re going to subject North Carolina’s largest cities to the same level of financial oversight as...

Education

Charlotte schools quarrel reaches ears in Raleigh

State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office confirmed Thursday that it’s looking into what it terms “the matter involving Superintendent Crystal Hill” of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The
BOG open to another set of tuition increases
UNC System President Peter Hans and his aides left Wednesday’s Board of Governors budget committee meeting with an implicit green light to entertain campus-level requests for another set of tuition...
UNC flagships’ pay for football lags the big guys
Even UNC System President Peter Hans concedes that in college sports going forward, it’s likely that “those who spend the most will generally win the most games.” His comment, leading...

Elections

Locke poll finds widening leads for Democrats

The latest poll for the Locke Foundation finds about an eight-point generic advantage for Democrats on the General Assembly ballot. Harper Polling’s survey was in
Berger Jr. not seeking re-election to Supreme Court
North Carolina’s Supreme Court is assured of getting at least one new justice at the end of the 2028 election cycle, with Justice Phil Berger Jr. announcing that he’s not...
Buckhout caught in Kalshi dragnet
GOP First Congressional District nominee Laurie Buckhout has been suspended from the online prediction market Kalshi for three years, apparently for betting on her own campaign. The New York City...