Christine Zhu/NC Newsline The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban certain foreign groups from purchasing farmland in the state. Senate Bill 394, “Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land,” passed without discussion after the panel approved a technical amendment. The legislation now moves to the Senate Rules Committee. […]
Josh Boak & Alexa St. John/The Associated Press President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The State Health Plan is deeply in debt. To get out of the red, the 750,000 employees who receive coverage will experience something many were hoping to avoid: the first significant premium increase in nearly a decade. It’s part of the strategy from Brad Briner, North Carolina’s treasurer, to pay […]
Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest attack on law enforcement officers in Charlotte’s history, when four officers were killed while serving a warrant. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer had been named the department’s Officer of the Month just the month before his death. On April 29, 2024, Eyer […]
Paul Specht/WRAL News More North Carolina property owners would get new freedoms under a bill proposed by North Carolina state lawmakers. The House Committee on Regulatory Reform on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow many North Carolinians to build at least one 800-square-foot accessory dwelling unit on their property, provided it […]
Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom The North Carolina Senate has included a proposal to toll four ferry routes and raise fares on four others in its proposed budget. Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Powells Point Republican, opposed the provision. A proposal to toll the last free ferry to Hyde County’s Ocracoke is causing alarm among the village’s business […]
Will Atwater/NC Health News Rural residents often face significant barriers to accessing health care. Power outages, challenging travel and extreme weather events — such as hurricanes, heat waves and floods — only worsen the challenges posed by limited access to clinics and medical specialists. This scenario recently played out in western North Carolina, where Hurricane […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Haw River Assembly hosted a public information session alongside TriRiver Water representatives at Woods Charter School in northeastern Chatham County on Wednesday, April 23 to assuage citizens’ concerns about an upcoming utility merger. Following the delivery of letters by TriRiver Water to Chatham County utility customers, confusion spread by what the […]
Ben Humphries/Education NC Book Harvest, a Durham-based nonprofit organization, recently announced a partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) to bring books to families across the state. Book Harvest runs initiatives that promote youth literacy, including sending newborns home from hospitals with a starter library, stocking outdoor book boxes, […]
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A forested property in the heart of Wilmington — once posed for intensive development before plans were pulled — is one step closer to conservation, six months after Commissioner Dane Scalise invigorated a community movement by calling for its preservation. New Hanover County commissioners will vote to approve the $11.6-million purchase […]
Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Under a recently introduced bill, state regulators would only have five days to review and approve certifications for projects that discharge dredge or fill material into public water bodies. This would apply to activities including developments in wetlands and pipeline construction. Under the Clean Water Act, projects that discharge dredge or […]
Jack Brook/The Associated Press The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires — funded through a program to help communities protect […]
Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer It’s 6:30 a.m., and the trucks that have been lining the shoulder of Champion Drive for the last few minutes rev engines and begin crawling up the hill towards the intersection with Thickety Road in Canton. It takes a minute to get going; they are loaded down with mulched Helene debris […]
Chloe Courtney Bohl/IndyWeek About 70 people packed a conference room at NC State University on Wednesday night to debate a proposed housing development at West and Peace Streets on the northern edge of downtown Raleigh, near the Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood. Raleigh Development Company (RDC) wants to upzone the land and build a 30-story mixed-use development with […]
Mebane Rash/Education NC On April 23, President Donald Trump signed seven executives orders impacting elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education. Leaders from the departments of labor, commerce, and education, including Secretary Linda McMahon, joined the president in the Oval Office. The orders address school discipline, artificial intelligence (AI), workforce development, apprenticeships, HBCUs, accreditation, and more. Subsequently, […]
