Health researchers criticize WakeMed/Atrium deal
Brown University analysts have joined State Treasurer Brad Briner and
Health Care
Health researchers criticize WakeMed/Atrium deal
Brown University analysts have joined State Treasurer Brad Briner and the rest of the chorus that contends the proposed WakeMed/Atrium Health merger will only wind
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 should include written commitments that...
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...
Budget & Taxes
A win off the field for the Tar Heels and Wolfpack
UNC Chapel Hill and NC State are the big winners from the budget’s reshuffle of the split of the proceeds from North Carolina’s sport-book tax
Budget upholds JetZero incentives payout plan
The fiscal 2026-27 budget continues the state’s previously announced strategy for supplying up to $450 million in direct appropriations to support JetZero’s plans to build an airliner factory in Greensboro....
Let the hunt begin: pork and the state budget
Now that the state’s fiscal 2026-27 is out of the legislature and on Gov. Josh Stein’s desk, the search for its inevitable pork content has begun. Rep. Pricey Harrison’s staff...
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
Page sues a Berger
Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page has sued one of Senate leader Phil Berger’s sons, alleging that he and the county government improperly retaliated against him
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 the District 32 House seat...
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...