Tammy Grubb/The Raleigh News & Observer A Chapel Hill couple and other top union officials were convicted Friday in federal court of using millions in members’ dues to pay for lavish trips, dinners and payouts. The union dues were meant to provide members and their families with retirement and health benefits, but the couple and […]
Carly Haynes/WRAL News Picture this: the Canes are playing at home. You’re in line to fill your novelty “beer stick” along the concourse of Lenovo Center. You hear the bass of the jumbotron followed by the crowd’s roar; it’s your sign to take your seat. On the screen, a video plays with snippets of fan […]
Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC School nutrition programs have long operated on thin margins, but budget pressures are intensifying. Faced with federal reimbursement rates that have not kept pace with increasing costs, compounded by state-mandated increases in wages, school nutrition leaders in North Carolina are raising alarm bells on the financial state of their programs and […]
Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times Christ School is planning to expand, adding 12 new housing units and a new academic building, according to Buncombe County planning records. The plan will expand on-campus housing options for existing faculty. Founded in 1900, roughly 308 boys from grades 8 to 12 are enrolled at Christ School, which is located […]
Greater Fayetteville Business Journal Cape Fear Valley Health is expanding access to behavioral health services with the opening of the new Community Mental Health Center – Dunn on June 22. Located at 805 Tilghman Drive, Suite A, the new clinic will provide comprehensive mental health services for children, teens, and adults throughout Dunn and the […]
North Carolina’s State Investment Authority put $250 million into AI firm Anthropic back in the winter when the San Francisco company sought $30 billion in Series G venture capital, State Treasurer Brad Briner says. The purchase ’s value has since grown to $650 million, and it’s possible that even greater returns will come the state’s […]
Atrium Health and WakeMed officials discussed their proposed combination with Wake County Commissioners Monday after producing a 61-page document providing more explanation of the deal. The two hospital systems held a secret meeting with the commission in mid-March, but didn’t disclose their plans until Friday, May 4, when it was included on a meeting agenda. […]
Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office wants the N.C. Utilities Commission to give Duke Energy’s return on equity a haircut as it considers the utility’s request for a rate increase. “We think they overshot the mark,” Jackson says of Duke’s request. Duke’s rate request for 2027 and 2028 asks the commission to allow it a 10.95% […]
Mark Bergin/WRAL News The Raleigh City Council unanimously passed a $1.77 billion budget on Monday. The fiscal year 2027 budget includes a 1.7 cent property tax increase per $100 of assessed value. It means about $67 more per year for a median Raleigh home, which costs about $450,000. “The Proposed Budget protects our existing services […]
Democrats in Granville and Vance counties need to find themselves a new candidate for the House District 32 seat. The previous nominee, Oxford City Commissioner Curtis McRae, is withdrawing from the race “due to personal health matters requiring his full attention,” the House Democratic Caucus says. McRae — who’s also an associate warden at the […]
Come July, it appears likely State Health Plan trustees are likely to approve an expansion of the plan’s “preferred provider” program intended to steer members to lower-cost hospitals, clinics and doctors. The docket for next month’s trustee meeting will include votes both on the framework, premiums and provider contracts for the program, says Tom Friedman, […]
Jennifer Fernandez & Ashley Fredde/NC Health News Outrage over the death of Moore County toddler Rylan Ott in 2016 compelled North Carolina on a path to improve its child welfare system. Nearly a decade later, the state has rolled out several of those reforms — a statewide office focused on preventing child fatalities, regional supervisory […]
Lucas Thomae Facebook/Carolina Public Press After an exceptionally dry spring, North Carolina’s farmers are in need of several timely rains. According to state corn extension specialist Ron Heiniger, “that’s like trying to hit the perfect lotto numbers.” Such precision when it comes to the weather usually isn’t required for a successful crop, but most of […]
Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh In some Wake County waterways, signs announce to anglers that the fish cannot, under any circumstances, be eaten. Why it matters: Eating lots of freshwater fish in North Carolina comes with health risks because of the widespread presence of mercury in the environment. Total bans are uncommon, though. This one is […]
Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News North Carolina’s school calendar law requires most traditional public schools to start no earlier than August 24 this fall. The 2004 law originally came out of lobbying from the coastal tourism industry to extend the summer busy season through August. The state board of education received a report this week that found […]
