Campaign Spotlight: House District 5
This district in northeastern North Carolina is one of the places House Republicans hope to flip in order to win a supermajority.
Month: September 2022
Budget mandate kicks off massive state government complex overhaul
The recently enacted state budget’s nearly $200 million plan for state government buildings in downtown Raleigh will reshape the area in the coming years. But first it’s triggering a rush to move hundreds of state employees ahead of a series of fast-approaching deadlines.
Robinson talks Medicaid expansion, incentives
In a section of his new autobiography, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson highlights personal financial troubles that stemmed from losing a job at a furniture manufacturing facility in the wake of NAFTA in the 1990s.
Sen. Lee stakes out position on abortion
Given the diversity of opinions on abortion, many candidates this year would rather talk about their opponents’ alleged “extreme” views than detail their own position on the issue.
UNC’s new online degree initiative could launch next year
About 68% of North Carolina residents earning a college degree online are doing so at an out-of-state institution. That could soon change as the UNC System launches a new initiative next year that will compete with online higher education powerhouses like Arizona State and Southern New Hampshire University.
Student loan windfall has N.C. tax consequences
Student loan forgiveness is a taxable event for North Carolina state taxpayers, the state Revenue Department said in a press release Wednesday.
Unaffiliated lawsuit challenges election board format
The advocacy group Common Cause filed a federal lawsuit recently seeking to overturn a state law that makes all state and county elections board members either Democrats or Republicans.
Leandro hearing highlights Supreme Court partisan divide
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Poll Watch: U.S. Senate race
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