State Auditor Dave Boliek’s aides dispute the idea that the office ran a deficit in fiscal 2024-25, which saw Boliek take over for the second half of the year. “Our audited financial statements reflect a $940,505 decrease in fund balance, not a deficit position,” says Randy Brechbiel, the auditor’s spokesman. “A planned reduction in fund […]
North Carolina’s largest electric co-op wants legislators to change a law that forces utilities to buy renewable-energy credits tied to the use of methane put on the market by Down East hog farms. The credits likely will cost “our members more than 50 times the cost of a renewable energy credit fueled by other sources […]
State Auditor Dave Boliek’s team found tens of thousands of dollars in dubious spending by Cary’s government, including $65,653 spent ghostwriting a vanity book for its former town manager. Other questionable expenses include: $37,301 to pay Town Councilwoman Lori Bush’s tuition for a master’s in public policy program at Northwestern University. Bush has since repaid […]
UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx and Puerto Rico-based Abarca Health are the key players in the nine-company consortium Blue Cross put together to become the State Health Plan’s pharmacy benefits manager. Abarca will handle claims processing and administration for the group, while Optum will manage drugmaker rebates and drugstore-network pricing, Blue Cross spokeswoman Sara Lang says. In […]
As any of his social-media followers knows, Harry Smith likes his boat. He’s now in a position to have over the handling of some that are a lot bigger. Gov. Josh Stein has appointed the former UNC System Board of Governors chairman to the board of the State Ports Authority. The authority says the move […]
A divided, all-Republican state Court of Appeals panel has voided one-year non-compete clauses it says could have kept two nurse practitioners on the sidelines of the medical profession. The offending contracts with UNC Health-affiliated Southeast Regional Physician Services would’ve forced both to “stop any work remotely related to the practice of medicine or [the] operation of […]
North Carolina’s specialized Business Court is getting its second new chief judge in as many years. Incumbent Business Court Judge Adam Conrad will step up to the chief’s job on Aug. 1. He replaces current Chief Judge Michael Robinson, who is retiring from the Business Court. Robinson had been chief judge since the start of 2025. […]
State Health Plan managers have picked Duke Health to serve as the plan’s middle-tier, “access” provider in the Triangle. The decision means members who are Duke Health patients will face about the same co-pays in 2027 that they do now. It also means that WakeMed — currently seeking to merge with Atrium Health — is […]
Savannah Peters, Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/The Associated Press Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall to include North Carolina for iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico over a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened hundreds in the Raleigh area and others across the United States. At least 307 cases […]
Alan Wooten/The Center Square Leadership in North Carolina’s seventh largest municipality, all Democrats on the Town Council and in the mayor’s office, have been recommended to “reengineer the environment” displayed in an auditor’s report showing lavish spending, unchecked VISA card use by town employees and a lack of financial oversight. Cary, population of more than […]
Christine Zhu/NC Newsline State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is asking North Carolinians to comment on what he’s calling a “backroom PFAS deal” between the Environmental Protection Agency and chemical manufacturer Chemours. Chemours, formerly part of DuPont, has been manufacturing chemicals on the Cape Fear river near Fayetteville for decades. In 2017, scientists discovered that the […]
James Farrell/WFAE Radio Friday marks one month since Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill was placed on paid leave pending an outside investigation, and there’s still no official word on the results, status or focus of that inquiry. The CMS board announced Hill’s suspension on June 17, citing “matters involving administrative and operational oversight.” Board Chair […]
Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView More than 150 business leaders, elected officials, academics, students, and young professionals gathered Wednesday at Fayetteville State University (FSU) for the inaugural Fayetteville Newsmakers. The civic dialoguet—presented by CityView and the News Foundation of Greater Fayetteville—centered on a single question: Where is Fayetteville and Cumberland County’s next economy going to come from? […]
Kim Grizzard/The Greenville Reflector ECU is canceling plans to build a new chancellor’s residence near campus after Chancellor Philip Rogers purchased a $1.2 million home near Grimesland. Rogers and his wife, Rebekah, bought a house at 1171 Seasons End Lane in late June. The approximately 4,000-square-foot home is located in the Autumn Lakes subdivision. The […]
WTVD News Travelers passing through Raleigh-Durham International Airport now have several new dining options to choose from. RDU held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of five new restaurants in Terminal 2 Thursday as part of the airport’s ongoing modernization efforts. The new additions include Adios! from former Top Chef contestant Oscar Diaz, Bobby’s […]
