Ray Gronberg
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Chapel Hill, UNC and growth
UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ push to expand enrollment at his institution by 5,000 students begs a couple questions,...
Summerfield scraps proposed no-attacks policy
Officials in Summerfield appear to have shelved a policy that would have forbidden public comment at their meetings that lodges...
Cabarrus County fires its manager and attorney
Speaking of turmoil, and Cabarrus County, the Republican majority of the Cabarrus County Commissioners voted 3-1 on Tuesday to fire...
Trump EO calls for Lumbee recognition plan
President Trump has signed an executive order that directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to come up with a...
Roberts: UNC-CH to jumpstart enrollment growth
UNC Chapel Hill will jumpstart the process of enrollment growth by adding 500 students to the fall 2025 class, Chancellor...
Bailey set to join WUNC board
UNC Chapel Hill trustees are poised to appoint alumna and public-relations specialist Nancy Bailey to the board of WUNC Public...
Rep. Joe John, 1939-2025
Only a day after he turned in his resignation, former Wake County Rep. Joe John succumbed to cancer. The announcement...
Uncertainty for wind power
President Trump’s first-day executive order on offshore wind projects appears to bar the issuance of new leasing rights, but it...
McDowell sponsoring Panama Canal bill
First-term U.S. Rep. Addison McDowell, R-6th, signed on as one of 26 sponsors of a bill that would formally authorize...
Dueling approaches to drug pricing
One of the Biden Administration’s last actions was announcing that Medicare, the nation’s largest healthcare insurer, will negotiate the prices...
UNC-CH growth
If personnel is policy, UNC Chapel Hill leaders want to position their institution to finally start building things on the...
The Chamber and the ACC
The NC Chamber has filed a friend-of-the-court brief siding with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its battle to make North...
Rep. Joe John announces resignation
Sad news from Rep. Joe John, D-Wake, who announced he’s stepping down because he’s received “a terminal diagnosis” following the...
