Will Doran/WRAL News A bill to shift wide-ranging regulatory powers from North Carolina’s governor and other executive branch leaders to state lawmakers is advancing in the legislature, with a final vote expected in the coming days. House Bill 402 seeks to block executive-branch agencies from passing almost any new rules or regulations unless they first […]
Theresa Opeka/The Carolina Journal As North Carolina House chairman of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, has requested records from UNC-Chapel Hill regarding Dr. Ralph Baric and his work related to COVID-19. In a June 13 letter obtained by Carolina Journal through the speaker’s office, Hall requested records from […]
Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot A building moratorium that Taylortown implemented earlier this year to give itself time to cope with unexpected development requests could be overturned by pending state legislation. State Sen. Tom McInnis, whose district includes Moore County, requested the insertion of a clause in a bill before the Senate that would limit […]
Jordan Valinsky/CNN At Home, a popular home goods retailer with 260 stores across 40 US states, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the backdrop of tariff increases and a slowdown in consumer spending. The Dallas-based company announced Monday that it had entered an agreement with its lenders that “will eliminate substantially all” of its roughly $2 […]
Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online When Gigi Donovan looks at the dune fronting a row of largely undeveloped oceanfront lots across the street from her home, she sees a false sense of security. “We’ve seen this dune go away three times in 12 years,” she said. The sandy mound that separates the public beach from private […]
Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio Henderson County recently passed its $215 million budget for next fiscal year – after Hurricane Helene damaged properties, interrupted tourism and left behind massive amounts of debris. Clearing debris from the storm is costing Henderson County millions of dollars and the county has used all of the $15 million […]
Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A Triad developer of affordable housing communities has purchased a site in the Oakview area of High Point for a proposed multifamily project. Wynnefield Properties of Jamestown recently acquired 3.8 acres at the northwest corner of Old Winston Road and N. University Parkway for the Flats at Old Winston, a […]
Hard on the heels of the NC Chamber warning legislators it’s scoring them on how they vote on the zoning-policy changes embedded in Senate Bill 205, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners is marshaling its forces against the bill. The association contends that if it’s more housing construction legislators want, SB 205 will prove counterproductive by prodding cities and […]
Gov. Josh Stein has signed into law House Bill 506, which revamps the way North Carolina and its treasurer will manage the state’s investments going forward. Stein said the bill — which in its final form passed the Senate 40-0 and the House 113-0 — brings North Carolina into “line with the rest of the nation […]
There are a few more odds and ends to deal with about JetZero’s decision to build a factory at Piedmont Triad International Airport for the new, fuel-efficient airliners it’s designing. Senate leader Phil Berger alluded to one of these during his comments during Thursday’s announcement. “It started with building a bridge,” Berger said. “Not just any bridge, […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Jockey’s Ridge used to be known as the tallest natural sand dune on the East Coast, but now it’s described as its largest natural active sand dune system. While it may not be as high as it was in 1973, the unique phenomenon of nature is still there — famously thanks […]
Greg Allen & Marisa Peñaloza/WFAE Radio U.S. Highway 70 is the main road through Swannanoa, a small town in western North Carolina, and it’s still a mess almost nine months after Hurricane Helene hit. There are piles of debris and buildings without windows and roofs. Most of the businesses that line the highway are still […]
Ben Humphries & Chantal Brown/Education NC Lawmakers reconvened at the General Assembly to push a flurry of bills through the Senate and House education committees this week. At the Senate Education/Higher Education Committee meeting on Wednesday, among the bills up for discussion was a proposed committee substitute (PCS) which would convert House Bill 832 into […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Central Piedmont Community College violated North Carolina’s open meetings and public records laws, as well as the First Amendment, according to plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the school that just moved to federal court at the request of the school. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed the lawsuit against North […]
Brian Burns/WUNC Radio With its new partnership with Secretly Group, Merge Records hopes it can better serve its artists. “Merge artists already know our enthusiasm and love for their music and what they’re doing,” Merge Records co-founder Mac McCaughan said. “And I think this will also give them some assurance that every avenue is being […]
