Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Pender County Schools staff debuted a several million dollar budget increase at the school board’s first budget session on Monday. The school district is projecting a need of $4 million to maintain its existing services, with an additional $2.5 million estimated in advancements. If both increases were agreed to by the […]
Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press As the legislative short session kicked off Tuesday, House Democrats wasted no time acting on the NC Supreme Court’s reversal of a key decision on the Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina lawsuit, known by most as the Leandro case. In 2022, the court ordered the legislature […]
Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Durham Technical Community College began site work and early steps of construction at the site of its future affordable housing community this month. The college shared an update on Apr. 1 saying work had begun at the school-owned property 902 South Briggs Avenue, where a 124-unit multi-family complex will eventually be built. […]
Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot The Life Care Pregnancy Center is celebrating its 34-year anniversary with the unveiling of a new pregnancy care mobile unit, Mobi, to serve clients in remote areas. The mobile pregnancy center is designed to reach women in underserved areas, and bring pregnancy information and resources to more rural communities. It […]
Penelope Lopez/WTVD News Twenty firefighters in Fayetteville are testing their skills this week, taking the next step in their careers by testing for lieutenant positions as demand for strong leadership grows. With 25 structural fires reported in the past month and nearly 300 last year, officials say the need for experienced leaders in the Fayetteville […]
Bailey Stamos/WRAL News The Holly Springs Town Council on Tuesday unanimously passed an ordinance regulating the use of e-bikes and similar modes of transportation. The ordinance covers e-bikes, e-motos and other electric personal travel devices. It emphasizes that pedestrians have the right of way on sidewalks, side paths and greenways and that riders of electric […]
A Wake County grand jury has indicted four prominent North Carolina lobbyists on charges alleging that they solicited violations of state law that bans gift-giving to legislators. Handed up on Tuesday, the indictments target Kevin Wilkinson of The Southern Group, Bo Heath of McGuireWoods Consulting, Doug Miskew of Public Sector Group, and David Ferrell of […]
Just in time for this fall’s Cooper-Whatley U.S. Senate race, General Assembly leaders announced Monday they’re forming a panel to investigate COVID-related early prison releases. Sen. Buck Newton, R-Wilson, and House Majority Leader Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, will co-chair the probe, House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger say. Neither is making a secret […]
Durham entrepreneur Ben Abram’s biggest campaign donations are to his wife, state Sen. Sophia Chitlik, D-Durham, but she’s not the not the only candidate for whom he’s pulled out his wallet. State Board of Elections records show that the co-founder of Modern Energy and American Efficient has given money to an assortment of Democrats over […]
Lumbee leaders have approved an amendment to the tribal constitution that sets up a vote this summer by the tribe’s enrolled members that would clear the way for casino gaming. According to The Robesonian, the Lumbee Tribal Council voted 17-2 in favor of the amendment during its monthly meeting last Thursday. That was comfortably more […]
The activist investor in Ingles Markets that’s seeking a board seat says it wants to split the company, separating it into one that would focus on selling groceries and a second that would operate as a “grocery-anchored real estate” firm. This would “optimize the capital structure of both entities and potentially catalyze strategic interest from […]
Federal regulators have fined a Durham-based energy-efficiency trader $722 million, saying it’s behind “one of the largest and most brazen frauds” they’ve ever seen. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also ordered American Efficient and its corporate parents and siblings to return $409.8 million, plus interest, to the PJM Interconnection and another power-grid operator. Released on […]
The Stein administration’s refusal to endorse plans to deepen the Port of Wilmington’s ship channel has created “uncertainty around a project that has been carefully studied,” one of the city’s key business leaders says. It needs to make good by working with NC Ports and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get the project […]
Duke Energy and three other large, North Carolina-headquartered corporations paid no federal income tax in 2025, a Washington-based advocacy group says. A common thread linking them and 84 other prominent companies, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says, is that many rely on depreciation-related tax breaks. Congress expanded these last year via the so-called “One […]
The House’s property tax committee wrapped up its pre-session work on Wednesday without offering any endorsement of the idea of reeling in some of the tax breaks the state gives hospitals. Members endorsed the idea of putting a constitutional amendment on the fall ballot that, if voter-approved, would require the General Assembly to set limits […]
