A mountain-county senator says if state officials want to exempt the reconstruction of Helene-damaged buildings from flood-protection rules, they also need to pursue parallel changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. Sen. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, says he will not seek the enactment of Senate Bill 266 unless he and other advocates can “get some movement […]
Politico President Donald Trump reversed course in the global trade war he launched just a week ago, announcing in a social media post a 90-day pause on new tariffs against every country but China. That came just hours after Trump urged the country to “BE COOL” in another post that came amid continued worldwide chaos, […]
Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to try to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026, saying a “fighter for what’s right for our state” is needed and criticizing the Republican incumbent for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda. Nickel signaled his interest in […]
Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A triumphant victory in mining rock for Interstate 40 slide repairs from the nearby national forest was announced by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration two weeks ago — but the reality isn’t quite what was telegraphed by the agency. A press release declared that the federal highway department “successfully cleared a […]
Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The federal government has terminated the visas of half a dozen international students at UNC-Chapel Hill, according to the university’s media relations office. According to a statement from the office provided to The News & Observer, the university’s International Student and Scholars Services office is aware, as of Tuesday, […]
Andrew Beaton/The Wall Street Journal Florida just came back from a double-digit deficit to stun Houston and win the NCAA tournament. But while the Gators can call themselves national champions, they still can’t claim to be the most valuable program in college basketball. That distinction belongs to a team that barely squeaked its way into […]
Rachel Hagan & Archana Shukla/BBC US President Donald Trump says he will soon announce “major” tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, a move that could end decades of low-cost global trade in medicines. For years, most countries, including the US, have imposed few or no tariffs on finished drugs, thanks in part to a 1995 World Trade […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One New Hanover County Schools board member is facing an impending censure vote, yet the reasoning behind it has remained under wraps. He is now considering litigation over improper procedure and defamation. Tim Merrick found out Saturday night that his colleague, chair of New Hanover County Board of Education Melissa Mason, […]
Rebecca Noel/The Charlotte Observer The federal government has terminated the student visas of six international students at UNC Charlotte, a university spokesperson told The Charlotte Observer Wednesday. The affected students are citizens of India and Nigeria, university officials said, and all of the terminations took place over the last week. The termination reason has been […]
Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio About 50 educators gathered in the parking lot across from the Guilford County Board of Education building, chanting and holding signs — many of which said “One Job Should Be Enough.” Rondeshia Wallace, the cafeteria manager at Peck Elementary School, was one of several speakers. “When I have to apply for food […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has adopted its 2026-27 academic calendar. The school year is set to start Tuesday, Aug. 25. But some local and state leaders continue to call for a change in state law to allow schools to start sooner. A bill to that effect has been introduced in the General Assembly. CMS […]
Cabarrus County Commissioners Chairman Chris Measmer will take former Sen. Paul Newton’s seat, once Gov. Josh Stein formalizes the choice made by the county GOP. Word of the party executive committee’s choice comes from both the Concord Independent Tribune and the North State Journal. Measmer emerged as the pick from a four-hour closed session that […]
Tuesday’s Senate Commerce hearing on Senate Bill 664 also saw members agree to use the bill as a vehicle to make some changes to North Carolina’s Selectsite Readiness Program. These, you’ll remember, are a group of 15 prospective industrial sites around the state that are short of the 1,000-acre minimum size to qualify as “megasites” […]
The Senate’s Commerce and Insurance committee has endorsed a bill that’s designed to give a couple of tire manufacturers a bit of flexibility in meeting the terms of their state business incentive deals. Senate Bill 664 would change the existing law that governs the state’s Job Maintenance and Capital Development grants, which provide job-retention grants […]
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The (Raleigh) News & Observer It’s been more than six months since Helene tore through Western North Carolina, and five people are still missing — lost in the floodwaters that swept through the mountains in September 2024. The families of those missing still face bureaucratic hurdles to settle their loved ones’ affairs, […]
