The General Assembly’s latest hurricane-relief bill encountered what’s probably a temporary setback this week when the House decided it wouldn’t concur in the changes the Senate made to the roughly half-billion-dollar aid package. House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, has already named 12 conferees to help work out the chambers’ differences on the bill. Reps. John […]
Jet engine maker GE Aerospace says it’s going to invest nearly $1 billion in adding capacity to its U.S. factories and supply chain, and North Carolina is going to share in the bounty. Specifically, the company’s going to put: $52 million into its Wilmington plant, for metal-shaping machines, industrial furnaces, cranes and quality-control gear. $20 […]
Eliminating the state’s interim carbon-reduction goal would slow the development of solar- and wind-energy projects over the next decade or so, but it wouldn’t get additional nuclear power to the grid any quicker. That’s the upshot of the modeling state legislators asked of the N.C. Public Staff ahead of introducing Senate Bill 261, which would […]
Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press New North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein gave his first address to a joint General Assembly session Wednesday night, hitting on familiar campaign and early-term themes of helping Hurricane Helene victims, making living expenses affordable and focusing on bipartisan accomplishments. Stein delivered the biennial State of the State message with […]
R. Cory Smith/24-7Sports NC State is expected to name longtime vice chancellor Kevin Howell as the 15th Chancellor for the University. Howell is set to succeed Randy Woodson for the role after working under him for more than a decade in Raleigh, becoming the first African-American Chancellor for NC State. NC State will officially announce […]
Daniel Sheehan/Wilmington StarNews Leland has seen a concerning rise in traffic accidents, with fatalities and serious injuries becoming more common. The town has developed a comprehensive safety plan that includes infrastructure improvements, reduced speed limits, and increased law enforcement. Residents and officials agree that stricter enforcement of traffic laws is crucial to improving road safety. […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One Republican-targeted yet century-old measure of the tax code could be tagged for elimination as the federal government looks to shore up money and pass a new tax bill. A 51-page memo leaked from the House Ways and Means Committee identifies different programs — many categorized under health, welfare or energy […]
Evey Weisblat/CityView A legal drama spanning nearly seven years between the City of Fayetteville and four homeowners associations with private dams that breached during Hurricane Matthew shows no sign of stopping, as the city rejected a settlement offer from the plaintiffs last Monday. The city confirmed its response to the letter but declined to provide […]
Laura Leslie/WRAL News A bill advancing in the North Carolina House would put the brakes on Garner’s bid to expand its land-use planning authority to more areas in southeastern and south-central Wake County. House Bill 173 would halt Garner’s request to expand its extraterritorial jurisdiction, also known as ETJ, to the fast-growing areas around the […]
Guy Lucas/The High Point Enterprise Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt made Guilford Technical Community College’s advanced-manufacturing training center the second stop in what is planned as a statewide tour in support of the workforce training provided by all 58 North Carolina community colleges. GTCC President Tony Clarke and several students in the college’s Federation for Advanced […]
Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The Orange County Board of Commissioners recently rejected a proposed senior housing community located at Morrow Mill Road. Finding Fiddlehead Corner unfit for the rural community, the board’s March 6 meeting concluded last month’s public hearing. If not unanimously rejected by the board, the 55+ housing community from Hands Four Development Cooperative […]
Coastal Review Online Tens of thousands of additional private drinking water wells are now eligible for PFAS contamination testing around Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant. The company, at the direction of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, is expanding well sampling eligibility for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to portions of Harnett and Hoke counties, according […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio Forsyth County is seeking clarity from the North Carolina General Assembly about whether adopted siblings can legally marry each other. The issue was included in its list of legislative priorities, which the county submits to its lobbyist for advocacy at the state level. This year, there were a total of six goals. […]
The folks at NCInnovation want the world to know that despite their battle with UNC System Board of Governors member and former state Rep. Art Pope, their work has strong support from others in the system. The group put out a news release Tuesday quoting among others BOG member and former chair Randy Ramsey, who […]
Senate leader Phil Berger has confirmed his role in the recruitment of UNC Chapel Hill head football coach Bill Belichick, as first reported by ESPN. “That was one of the most unusual calls that I have received since I’ve been elected to the Senate,” Berger said of the call he got last fall from North […]
