Alan Wooten/The Center Square Modernization reforming campaign finance reporting in North Carolina is to be guided by 10 principles, a panel of veteran politicos says. First-term Republican state Auditor Dave Boliek, creator of the Modernization of Election Data System Commission, said faster, easier and a more secure election system is sought. He said the initial […]
Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has hired an outside consultant following its most recent Immediate Jeopardy sanction and committed to federal regulators that it will make sweeping changes, including reevaluating “the capacity and competency” of its leadership and staff, according to its enhanced plan of correction obtained by Asheville Watchdog. Mission leadership promised a number […]
Amanda Mohamad/WRAL News Latest inflation data showed a 3.4% increase in wholesale prices from last year, hitting grocery prices the hardest and increasing food pantry demand. Notably, vegetable prices jumped by 50% and fruit by 10 percent. This increase comes as oil prices also made a stark jump this month due to the Iran War. […]
Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer Clyde is creating a back-up drinking water supply with a series of large wells — so that it will no longer be hostage to water shortages or water distruptions from neighboring Canton. Clyde gets its water from Canton, which in turn gets water from the Pigeon River. So whenever Canton’s water […]
April Laissle/WFDD Radio The town of Boone is holding a public hearing Monday to discuss a potential moratorium on local data center construction. Officials are considering a one-year pause on permits for data centers and crypto-mining operations due to concerns about energy use, water consumption and noise. Planning documents also raise questions about how large-scale […]
NCInnovation has taken the “acting” qualifier off the title of its CEO and says Michelle Bolas will continue in the role on a permanent basis. A former UNC Chapel Hill administrator, Bolas has headed the state-endowed nonprofit since former CEO Bennet Waters stepped down last November. She joined NCI in 2023 and before Waters left […]
The 2026 NC Leadership Conference will bring together business, government, and policy leaders from across the state for a focused half-day program on Friday, May 15, at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Presented by Business North Carolina and the N.C. Tribune, the event is designed as a forum to examine the forces […]
The rebuilt Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge will include things that should give it “a significant amount of resilience” against another major washout like the one triggered by Hurricane Helene, DOT’s top engineer says. “Long term, we expect the I-40 infrastructure repairs to be sustainable,” Chief Engineer Patrick Norman told Rep. John Torbett […]
There are now bipartisan calls for the state to rework the system it established under former Gov. Pat McCrory for deciding what transportation projects it should undertake. Multiple members of a new select committee House Speaker Destin Hall has assigned to look at “North Carolina’s transportation future,” said Thursday, the McCrory-era prioritization system isn’t working. […]
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is considering paying $133 million to buy out a French company’s lease of a potential offshore wind-energy site near the North Carolina coast. The potential offer would target the Carolina Long Bay project, which would go up about 22 miles south of Bald Head Island. Its […]
Sad news from Swain County, where Rep. Mike Clampitt, 71, died Wednesday after a lengthy battle with a rare type of cancer. House Speaker Destin Hall called the retired Charlotte Fire Department captain “a true patriot.” “He loved the people he served and cared deeply about the issues that mattered most to his constituents in […]
Duke University and Duke Health say they’ll channel $203 million over three years into an effort to expand economic opportunity in Durham and the Triangle region. What they’re calling the HomeGrown initiative focuses on four areas where Duke says it can directly impact economic mobility: employment pathways, construction opportunities, local business partnerships, and affordable housing […]
House leaders seem serious about the idea of cutting back on two key tax breaks for North Carolina’s nonprofit hospitals. Bills pending in the chamber’s Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform could combine to cost hospitals about $200 million a year, legislative staffers say. One of these would cut the existing full exemption […]
Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit this month found that millions of dollars in the Rocky Mount city budget were mismanaged in recent years, which the auditor blamed on a lack of oversight and due diligence by the City Council. Dave Boliek, the state auditor for North Carolina, said his office conducted the […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square From first to fourth, North Carolina’s administrative ratio remains among the best in the country in the Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report. The Tarheel State was among the most cost-effective road systems, measuring condition, safety and costs of roads and bridges in all 50 states. In 12 other categories, North Carolina […]
