Justin Welch/(NC State) Technician In November, Marshall Brain II, then director of NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, died by suicide in his Centennial Campus office. Hours before he was found by University police, Brain sent an email to his colleagues entitled, “I want to help you understand.” The 12-page email documents Brain’s perspective on the […]
Mebane Rash/Education NC Three “Dear Colleague” letters issued back-to-back are further shaping the impact of President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon on schools, districts, and state departments on issues including student privacy, COVID funding, and using federal funding to support provide more choice for parents within public schools. On Friday, March 28, 2025, […]
Insurance Journal North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for mobile home policies than the North Carolina Rate Bureau had asked for. “I am happy to announce that North Carolina mobile homeowners will save more than $10 million a year in premium payments compared to […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham County government took its latest step in responding to a lawsuit alleging its elected officials violated the religious rights of Summit Church, as it filed a motion to dismiss the case last week. After petitioning for more time to craft its retort in court, the local government asked the U.S. […]
The New York City-based Open Space Institute says it’s acquired a 1,392-acre chunk of Robeson County and donated it to North Carolina’s Lumbee Indians. The transfer of the Camp Island property “represents the first opportunity to establish a large, protected natural area under the stewardship of the” Lumbee, the Open Space Institute said in its […]
A divided state Court of Appeals panel has declined to force a global construction and engineering company into arbitration with Cargill Inc. over a project gone bad in Charlotte. Judges Toby Hampson and Julee Flood sided with Bilfinger Inc., finding that conflicting language in a set of contracts left the door open for it to […]
House members want to relax the traditional requirement that cities, counties and other arms of the state obtain at least three competing bids for construction contracts worth more than $500,000. Their 115-0 vote went along with Wake County Republican Rep. Erin Paré’s proposal to lower that to a minimum of two bids for water or […]
For Senate leaders, Wednesday was all about Dave — Boliek, the state auditor, and DAVE, the legislation President Pro Tem Phil Berger is personally sponsoring to further task the auditor. Given Berger’s involvement, it was no surprise that the Senate’s new Regulatory Reform committee quickly endorsed the so-called DAVE Act, Senate Bill 474. Loosely modeled […]
The New York Times Calling his announcement a “declaration of economic independence,” President Trump imposed sweeping retaliatory tariffs at a Rose Garden ceremony. He said he would establish a universal baseline tariff of 10 percent, and additional rates that apply to certain countries. Some of the rates he announced — 34 percent for China, 26 […]
Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Most days, Brandon Rogers has dirt under his fingernails — a badge of honest labor. Owner of a small auto repair shop on the outskirts of Canton, Rogers usually wakes up, puts on some sturdy workwear and heads to the shop to support his family, one customer at a time. Last […]
Bradley George/WUNC Radio North Carolina farms grow lots of soybeans, tobacco, and sweet potatoes. Wheat may not come to mind when you think of N.C. agriculture, but a popular snack couldn’t be made without it. The Kellanova bakery is tucked into an office park, just off Weston Parkway in Cary. Inside, a staff of about […]
Kate Denning/(NC State) Technician Two NC State graduate students have left the country after the U.S. State Department revoked their visas. The Office of International Services notified the two students, who both studied in the College of Engineering, that the U.S. government had terminated their student visas last week. OIS confirmed the terminations in a […]
Chris Megerian/The Associated Press DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. As far as the Department of Government Efficiency, […]
Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Six months later and still out of a job. That’s the reality for nearly 13,000 Asheville residents half a year after Tropical Storm Helene struck Western North Carolina. In the wake of the historic storm, hundreds of businesses closed. The region’s multibillion dollar tourism sector took a devastating hit. Thousands […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Immigration attorneys from Charlotte will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to demand immigration reform from national lawmakers. More than 20 Charlotte immigration attorneys will take part in the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s National Day of Action. AILA members will urge Congress to protect undocumented individuals, establish legal pathways, […]
