Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A proposal to convert a Market Street motel into affordable housing units received the go-ahead from the Wilmington Planning Commission last week despite staff’s disapproval, raising questions over the city’s ability to accommodate adaptive reuse cases. Premier Hotels LLC is requesting a rezoning of the property at 4118 Market St. — […]
Guy Lucas/The High Point Enterprise Guilford County Schools would ask for a 9% increase in local funding by Guilford County under the proposal for the school system’s operating budget presented Tuesday night by Superintendent Whitney Oakley to the Guilford County Board of Education. That would be an increase of $25.58 million, of which $7.4 million […]
Stalled legislation that would restrict the use of “facility fees” by hospital systems could reduce healthcare costs for North Carolina families by at least $200 million a year. That’s the estimate from the N.C. Association of Health Plans, whose leader, Peter Daniel, spoke Tuesday to members of a House-Senate joint oversight panel that deals with healthcare […]
Legislators balk when they see the financial cost of Medicaid-funded autism-care services, but the human costs of not paying bother them every bit as much. The House and Senate’s Medicaid oversight panel delved into the issue on Tuesday, hearing from the state Department of Health and Human Services that the price tag for an emerging, […]
Gov. Josh Stein, Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall have announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education The 28-member group is directed to examine teacher training and student advancement, administrative operations, educational leadership, and accountability. Stein, Berger and Hall jointly appointed the panel’s members. “This commission represents a […]
Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger is down by 23 votes to Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page. It’s not the end of the story. Elections aren’t over until the last vote is counted — and even then, maybe not. That may be the case in the close contest between Senate President Pro […]
Julian Berger/WFAE Radio A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the case of a U.S. citizen detained and charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting Border Patrol agents during its November operation in Charlotte. Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez, 24, was charged with using his vehicle to assault, resist or impede federal officers. He had faced up […]
Theresa Opeka/Carolina Journal North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek said his office will soon release a series of major audits, including reviews of the state Education Lottery, voter-approved bonds, and the UNC system, as part of a broader effort to expand oversight of government spending. For the first time, the state auditor’s office is reviewing […]
Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News To breathe easier, it’s helpful to have some plants around, quite literally. It’s Biology 101 really. Your carbon dioxide converts into oxygen through those plants. But that’s what makes it so ironic at the plant shop at the corner of S. Salisbury & W. Hargett in Downtown Raleigh. Shelves filled with green, […]
David Ford/WFDD Radio North Carolina’s top elected officials have announced the formation of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education. Governor Josh Stein, Senate Leader Phil Berger and Speaker of the House Destin Hall announced the plan in a joint press release. Stein called the new bipartisan commission of 28 policymakers, business leaders and educators […]
Bradley George/WUNC News A federal report says employees who worked in a now-closed building at North Carolina State University could have been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. The report states, however, that more research is needed to prove a definitive connection between cancer cases among employees and exposure to those chemicals. N.C. State closed Poe Hall […]
Catherine Muccigrosso/The Charlotte Observer A 10-year-old Charlotte-area technology company has found a new application for its circuit breaker. Atom Power is shifting focus from electric vehicle charging equipment to the burgeoning data center industry. Atom Power developed the world’s first commercial solid-state circuit breaker, which is drawing attention from hyperscale data centers to meet performance […]
Penelope Lopez/WTVD News As the war in Iran enters its second week, tactical gear shops in Cumberland County are seeing a spike in business, with both companies and service members seeking protective equipment in response to the overseas conflict. Local store owners say the surge in demand has been noticeable since the strikes began. “It’s […]
Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Even as the proposed Mid-Currituck bridge project has been uncharacteristically zipping along in the planning process, a new analysis of two revenue options has cast doubts on the project’s future, with serious concerns raised about the latest estimated construction costs that hover around $1.2 billion. The North Carolina Department of Transportation […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro After weeks of debate and waffling between which elementary schools to study, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education made its choice at its recent meeting of the campuses it will further explore for potential closure. In a split vote, 4-3, the board decided to request CHCCS staff examine Ephesus, Glenwood […]
