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One of the state’s most powerful lobbying groups is spending heavily, including on donations to local legislators, as it works to enact building code reform and other legislative priorities. In a May 10 statement, the North Carolina Home Builders Association Director of Legislative Affairs Steven Webb celebrated the North Carolina House’s passage of Senate Bill […]

Landing advanced manufacturing jobs is becoming more energy intensive in North Carolina, while at the same time the state is working to reduce its emissions. Why it matters: North Carolina is competing to win jobs in industries it believes will be most influential in coming years — namely putting millions in incentives toward industries like […]

The Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina Mark Robinson once insinuated the United States government was involved in both the attack on Pearl Harbor and the death of U.S. General George Patton as part of a conspiracy to help Joseph Stalin. Robinson, who currently serves as the state’s lieutenant governor is now running in […]

While invisible to the eye, toxic “forever chemicals” are so common in our daily lives it’s nearly impossible to avoid. Gov. Roy Cooper has declared this week PFAS Awareness Week in North Carolina to raise awareness of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in drinking water. PFAS are a synthetic class of chemicals that can […]

Under North Carolina law, traditional public schools are prohibited from starting the school year sooner than the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and from ending the year later than the Friday closest to June 11. School and district leaders have long asked for more calendar flexibility, claiming the required window limits a district’s ability to […]

High Point’s cost to purchase wholesale power is projected to drop by $7 million this year, but the city will not pass these savings along to its electric utility customers. ElectriCities of North Carolina will decrease the rate that the cooperative charges High Point and the 18 other cities to which it sells power by […]

After a new town policy restricting recordings of meetings drew complaints that it appears to violate North Carolina’s Open Meetings law, the town of Yanceyville appears to be backing away from its initial approach, though the disputed policy remains in effect. Council members in Yanceyville unanimously approved an amendment to their rules and procedures on […]

Temporary harvest reporting rules for coastal recreational and commercial fishers were adopted Thursday by the advisory boards to the state agencies responsible for enforcing the rules. The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission and the Wildlife Resources Commission in separate meetings Thursday morning approved the rules, which will go into effect Dec. 1, unless state legislators […]

With as much turmoil that’s going on in Summerfield right now, you might think no one would want the job captaining the ship – however, there was at least one person who wanted that job, and, at a Thursday, June 6 meeting of the Summerfield Town Council, the council named Dana Luther, a former interim […]

With Dare County mandated to return $35 million in housing funds to the state, a suit filed last year by its six towns contesting the conditions attached to that money has been withdrawn. Last October, the six municipalities filed the litigation after a special housing provision inserted into the state budget would have restricted their […]

Lawmakers began questioning the head of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles Thursday, an interrogation that comes as the division faces mounting delays in issuing driver licenses and identification cards — and as lawmakers seek more control over who runs the division. DMV Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, who underwent a grilling by Senate lawmakers in […]

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council has voted to amend Tribal Code to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, opening the door for North Carolina’s first recreational marijuana dispensary to open on the Qualla Boundary by the end of the summer, despite the drug being illegal in the state. During a June 6 […]

Nearly 100 Asheville nurses rallied outside Mission Hospital on Wednesday morning, less than a month before the renegotiation of their contract with HCA-owned Mission Health. With the backing of their union, the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), nurses at the hospital are seeking to draw attention to what they see as severe problems with their […]

A judge is blocking a popular North Carolina tourism area from defying the state’s school calendar law. The Carteret County school board had adopted a calendar for the 2024-25 school year that starts classes Aug. 13 — two weeks earlier than allowed under state law. On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge William D. Wolfe issued an […]

This fall’s presidential ballot in battleground North Carolina appears poised to lengthen after three political movements seeking to run candidates filed voter signature lists with state election officials by a Monday deadline. Groups that want Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on the ballot — the “We The People” party and Justice for All […]