Cece Nunn/WilmingtonBiz Local and state election results will hopefully give a boost to homebuilders – and housing affordability – in the Wilmington area, according to participants in a panel discussion on Friday about the post-election market. Shawn Horton, owner of Wilmington-based Trusst Builder Group, said, “It’s really local that matters, local and state, and we […]
The Carolina Journal Greg Lindberg, once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges connected to a scheme government officials described as a $2 billion fraud. The conspiracy and money laundering charges stemmed from a case separate from Lindberg’s conviction in May on bribery and fraud and charges related to a […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Tens of millions of dollars were spent on this year’s North Carolina campaigns, and much of it came from outside the state. Here’s a look at some of the biggest donors and who they supported, according to the latest campaign finance reports released late last month: Michael Bloomberg: The New York billionaire […]
Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Health insurance coverage on which millions of Americans rely — Medicaid and plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act — were scarcely mentioned during the presidential campaign but may face extensive changes in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania last month, House Speaker Mike Johnson promised “massive” […]
Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Raleigh is on the verge of updating its rules around boarding houses and co-living spaces as part of the city council’s wide-ranging efforts to increase its housing supply. Why it matters: Raleigh has a shortage of housing to match its booming population, studies have found. The city has seen its housing prices […]
Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Like so many businesses in Western North Carolina, Haywood Builders in Waynesville are still reeling a bit after Helene’s wrath brought devastation to local communities. The floodwaters raced through the business, damaging some buildings, but mostly damaging inventory. “It was a hell of a thing — the worst thing that’s ever […]
Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Construction is well underway for the Sancar Scholars Residence (SSR) in Chapel Hill. Located at Velma Road and looking over the Sancar Turkish Cultural and Community Center (STCCC), it will provide accommodations for visiting Turkish scholars and students. Since 2007, the Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation (AGSF) has worked to strengthen bonds […]
WECT New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet has informed county commissioners that the county attorney’s office has suggested the county elections office retain outside legal counsel related to the counting of absentee-by-mail ballots in the recent General Election. In an email Monday to commissioners, Coudriet wrote: “In prior rulings, courts have determined elections offices to […]
Andrew R. Jones & Victoria A. Ifatusin/Asheville Watchdog Six weeks after Tropical Storm Helene, sludge from roiling floodwaters has turned into sunbaked dust, brought on by an extended warm, dry spell and repair crews trying to make Asheville and surrounding areas whole again. Overall particulate levels have not been unhealthy, according to the Environmental Protection […]
Local Government Commission members narrowly supported giving a proposed titanium factory near Fayetteville access to $250 million in tax-exempt bond financing. The project already has a state incentives package. DaleThree commission members, including outgoing State Treasurer Dale Folwell, voted against the authorization for the so-called Project Aero on Tuesday. It got through on a 5-3 […]
Labor Commissioner-elect Luke Farley is shuffling some key department officials around. Jennifer Haigwood will become chief of staff, moving from her existing post as director of occupational safety and health. The current chief of staff, Scott Mabry, will take over Haigwood’s present job. He was assistant deputy commissioner for occupational safety and health from 2016 […]
With seven weeks left in State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s term, he’s not leaving without taking a parting shot at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. He recently wrote Blue Cross President and CEO Tunde Sotunde to demand that the insurer pay more than $2 million in legal fees that the state ran up […]
Jamie L. LaReau & Eric D. Lawrence/Detroit Free Press The first car dealer ever elected to the U.S. Senate says the Trump agenda for the U.S. auto industry is one that, if enacted, would upend the strategy Detroit’s automakers have spent billions of dollars pursuing: The transition to electric cars. For one thing, Republicans will […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Washington Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in northeastern North Carolina, has once again filed for bankruptcy. The hospital in Plymouth is in debt to utility companies, health care service vendors and regional governmental bodies. The trouble Washington Regional finds itself in is a kind of trouble that […]
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A campaign opposing the proposal of a 4,030-unit development in Castle Hayne is gaining traction, as the county begins to assess a by-right project poised to sprawl across 4,039 acres of land. Meanwhile, state officials designated an adjacent property as a top priority inactive hazardous waste site, which some fear could […]
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