Major changes to North Carolina’s elections rules, in 2024 or beyond, were unveiled Thursday in a state Senate committee — including one proposed change that critics say would give the Republican-led legislature the power to change how local city and county governments are elected, in order to weaken Democratic political power in the state’s main […]
Saint Augustine’s University Board of Trustees Chairman Brian Boulware is fighting back against allegations against him and the leadership of the Raleigh HBCU. Boulware and the Board of Trustees were all recently sued by SAVE SAU Coalition. That’s a group comprised of alumni, parents, students, and others with a special interest in the health and […]
The North Carolina House’s budget proposal would change how the state funds subsidized child care. Advocates worry that the change would lead to higher costs for most families receiving assistance. The plan also would provide one year’s worth of stabilization funding, at a reduced level. That funding is meant to replace federal pandemic relief, which […]
Without immediate action from the General Assembly, Pandemic-era federal grants to child care providers will run out on July 1 — plunging the state into a child care crisis that will hamper economic and workforce development, make child care more difficult to find and further burden North Carolina’s working parents already feeling the pinch from […]
Asheville and Buncombe’s Community Reparations Commission has completed its recommendations, passing 38 suggested policies and programs. After more than two years of research, reckoning, debate and dialogue, the Asheville and Buncombe Community Reparations Commission held its final vote, approving the last of its 38 policy recommendations for local government to address some of the systemic […]
Local representatives expressed confusion this month after a broadly supported provision to automate expunctions for dismissed and “not guilty” charges was eliminated in a state committee. Weeks later, the lawmaker who pushed the removal slipped language into a different bill to require a suspension of the provision for another year. Rep. Ted Davis Jr. (R-New […]
Tylor Freeman would like to go home. His problem? There’s no home to go to. Instead, the 29-year-old has been cooling his heels at WakeMed hospital in Raleigh for more than 100 days. Freeman’s odyssey began last fall when he needed to have a minor medical procedure. He has cerebral palsy, along with having a […]
The Asheville City Council plans to vote next month on a housing development in East Asheville’s Haw Creek neighborhood, as the developer, the city and community members say they are making progress toward agreement on the project. The 27-acre “Meadows at Haw Creek” proposal, located at 767 New Haw Creek Road, has been the topic […]
There’s no money right now to do anything about them, but transportation planning representatives for southern Moore County this week prioritized five road projects for funding. Call it “practice,” if you will, because that’s what Aberdeen Town Manager Paul Sabiston calls it. He is the chair of the advisory group to this transportation planning governing […]
The Cape Fear Business Alliance, an organization of small businesses, voiced their support for renewed legislative efforts to hold PFAS manufacturers like Chemours financially liable for the cost of clean water. By contrast, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has opposed the legislation. Wilmington’s Chamber, meanwhile, declined to comment. On Wednesday, the Cape Fear Business […]
While most U.S. homeowners are sitting on a mountain of home equity after years of rising house prices, a number of mortgage holders in pockets of North Carolina are underwater on their loans. Why it matters: That means these folks owe more on the mortgage than their home is worth, which puts them in a […]
State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a longtime Republican politician who refers to himself as the “keeper of the public purse,” is being investigated for the possible use of state-owned vehicles for commuting and personal errands. State investigators launched an investigation in March after the state Department of Administration’s Motor Fleet Management division conducted a compliance review […]
Shareholder backing for Toyota (7203.T), opens new tab Chairman Akio Toyoda slid for a second straight year, results from its annual general meeting showed on Wednesday, with his support rate dropping to 72% amid certification scandals and governance concerns. The result marks the lowest level of backing for Toyoda, the grandson of the company’s founder, […]
The North Carolina House of Representatives released a budget proposal June 17 for the fiscal year that begins July 1 that would raise state employee salaries, put funding toward child care needs, boost some Medicaid provider rates and provide enhanced reimbursements for freestanding psychiatric hospitals. The spending plan also includes a sweeping policy change that […]
A politically connected board has applied to open a charter school in Iredell-Statesville School’s old Mt. Mourne School in Mooresville. Buried deep in the 271-page House budget bill introduced Monday night, there’s a provision that would allow an unnamed charter school to bypass state review and open in August. The description is very specific: The […]
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