Dawn Attride/Sentient In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as a thin film of dust on their kitchen tables. It gloops together in masses of sludge in the surface water that […]
Paul Specht/WRAL News Jason Simmons became chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party in March 2024 — only six months before voters would start casting their ballots in an election featuring races for president, governor, and more. Simmons had big shoes to fill. The previous state party chair, Michael Whatley, left the role to lead […]
Larry Lage/The Associated Press Denny Hamlin is unfazed that a three-judge federal appellate panel vacated an injunction that required NASCAR to recognize 23XI, which he owns with Michael Jordan, and Front Row as chartered teams as part of an antitrust lawsuit. “That’s just such a small part of the entire litigation,” Hamlin said Saturday, a […]
Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, is the only state lawmaker who’s been in office since the early 1980s, but the former House speaker is no longer serving as Senate minority leader after his fellow Democrats backed Sen. Sydney Batch for that role instead. Blue says he’ll still have a key role in Senate […]
Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily UNCW is in the early stages of developing a new basketball arena and potential concert venue, a step-up for a team increasingly gaining more recognition on the national level. Last fall, UNCW Athletics launched a feasibility study into upgrading Trask Coliseum, either through renovation or a new replacement stadium. The UNCW […]
The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners announced late Friday afternoon that it will make an economic incentives offer at a location with a High Point company. The county would pledge incentives of approximately $57,800 for a company that would create 43 new jobs with an investment of $8.1 million. The county […]
State Treasurer Brad Briner and his aides say the State Health Plan’s relationship with its pharmacy benefits manager, CVS Caremark, has “reached an untenable impasse.” Things have deteriorated to the point that the plan’s management is “evaluating its options to recover money owed and to determine its future relationship with Caremark,” they said in a Thursday […]
With Amazon announces plans for a $10 billion data center campus, a similar $1 billion project on the other side of the state can get overlooked. But Rockingham County officials are celebrating just as hard as their counterparts in Richmond County, thanks to data-center operator WhiteFiber’s decision to set up shop in Madison. “We are thrilled […]
State Auditor Dave Boliek’s staff estimates that it cost the state $27.4 million for a Texas-based contractor to install and operate a “community care station” in Swannanoa in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The station opened last Oct. 23 at Swannanoa’s Owen Pool, operated for 189 days and provided showers, restrooms, a laundry, first aid and hygiene […]
Today’s going to be an odds-and-ends kinda newsletter. There’s been a lot going on that’s gotten overshadowed by the House’s work to develop an energy-bill compromise. We start with healthcare policy. On Wednesday, the Senate passed House Bill 434, the House’s prior-authorization reform bill, after gutting and replacing it with the substance and text of Senate Bill 316. […]
Ken Sweet/The Associated Press The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that Wells Fargo is no longer subject to harsh restraints the Fed placed on the bank in 2018 for having a toxic sales and banking culture. It’s a win for Wells Fargo, which has spent nearly a decade trying to convince the public and policymakers that […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Some might say newly appointed State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes wrote his own job into law. As general counsel for the Speaker of the House, Hayes had a hand in writing Senate Bill 382, the Tropical Storm Helene relief bill that also shifted election appointment power from the […]
Paul Woolverton & Maydha Devarajan/CityView Fayetteville’s long-planned downtown performing arts center and meeting space has been quashed after the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted 5-2 to discontinue the project. The decision on the 3,000-seat Crown Event Center comes seven months after construction started with a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony. The commissioners voting to […]
Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice Frustrated that their concerns about the actions of wild horse tour guides in their Swan Beach and North Swan Beach neighborhoods in the 4WD area of the Currituck Banks are falling on deaf ears, residents have become increasingly vocal in calling for additional regulations. “They’ve [the tour companies] got 12 hours […]
Judith Retana/CBS 17 News Lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived products like delta-9. It’s an issue the state has grappled with for years. Chris Karazin has opened three Carolindica locations since starting his business in 2020. “The popularity has been tremendous for these products,” said Karazin. He specializes in manufacturing hemp-derived […]
