Renuka Rayasam & Sam Whitehead/NC Health News President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or going to school is back on the table. The day after Trump’s inauguration, South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster asked […]
Mebane Rash/Education NC For 25 years, funding for what’s called Secure Rural Schools (SRS) has made a difference to schools in counties where a large percentage of the land is owned by the federal government and thus tax exempt. In North Carolina, 26 counties receive this federal funding, and 19 of those are in the […]
Paul Specht/WRAL News Anderson Clayton became North Carolina Democratic Party chair on a promise: to boost its members’ representation — and performance — in statewide elections. Democrats had just lost every statewide race in the 2022 midterm elections. And instead of sticking with Clayton’s predecessor — a former state legislator endorsed by the state’s most […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Inside a colorful classroom in Williams Academy in Avery County, Kindergarten Teacher Charlene Gragg welcomes her students back to class after lunch. There are only a handful of kids, which is pretty typical around here. Today, though, she’s got her eye on one little girl who just arrived at the school more […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation is asking the Fayetteville City Council to approve economic incentives to attract an air dome manufacturer to establish operations in Fayetteville. The proposed incentives include $63,948 from the city and $88,170 from the county, paid in annual installments over five years. The city council will hold a […]
Gov. Josh Stein has asked federal officials to send an additional $19 billion in aid North Carolina’s way to help the western part of the state recover from Hurricane Helene. The breakdown on this includes about $11.6 billion in additional appropriations for disaster aid, beyond those Congress approved just before Christmas. State officials are almost […]
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says a House proposal to set up a $475 million crop-loss aid program for farmers who endured bad harvests in 2024 is only part of what the ag sector needs to recover. “Even though this bill addresses crop loss, we still have considerable losses in infrastructure and need to clear debris,” […]
UNC Chapel Hill is getting sued once again by a Raleigh attorney who contends it’s been breaking the state’s Public Records Law to hide its dealings with a law firm hired to advise the university on athletics matters. Filed Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court, lawyer David McKenzie’s suit alleges that the university and New […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The U.S. Department of Education has canceled over $600 million in teacher training grants across the country. That’s impacting universities in the Triad. Winston-Salem TEACH is a partnership between Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University and Salem College working to create a pipeline of quality teachers for local high-need public schools. The […]
Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Until now, all eyes were on the immediate job of stabilizing I-40 enough to reopen one lane in each direction. Now begins the much grander, much harder, long-range goal of a permanent fix. That will require a stunning engineering and construction feat, projected to last at least two years. It’s a […]
Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat Gov. Josh Stein joined Dogwood Health Trust to unveil a $30 million small business grant initiative to support businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene and revitalize economic recovery in western North Carolina. The Western North Carolina Small Business Initiative will provide grants of up to $50,000 to businesses with annual revenues of […]
Kevin Griffin/Greensboro News & Record Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is recovering following a heart surgery earlier this month. Causey, who is a Greensboro resident, confirmed the Feb. 10 surgery in a phone interview with the News & Record on Wednesday morning. The insurance commissioner seemed to be in good health as he praised the staff […]
Todd Richmond/The Associated Press People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizeable tax break to move to Wisconsin. Republican legislators in the Dairy State have proposed a bill that would give anyone who moves to Wisconsin from North Carolina or Los Angeles County because they were displaced by […]
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Thousands of WNC residents who were deemed eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency housing aid declined the agency’s offer for a free place to stay in the months or weeks after Hurricane Helene, a new data analysis by BPR shows. By estimates from the state government, Hurricane Helene damaged […]
Tyler Davis/The (Henderson) Daily Dispatch Around a decade ago, Durham-based solar panel producer Semprius closed up shop at 145 Technology Lane. However, the building, a part Triangle North Vance, will get a new lease on life thanks to Shanghai, China-based manufacturing and engineering firm Syntec Precision Technology Corporation. As a correction, Syntec is headquartered in […]
