Elections Locke poll finds widening leads for Democrats The latest poll for the Locke Foundation finds about an eight-point generic advantage for Democrats on the General Assembly ballot....
Education Charlotte schools quarrel reaches ears in Raleigh State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office confirmed Thursday that it’s looking into what it terms “the matter involving Superintendent Crystal Hill”...
Health Care Rural practice still not drawing NC med-school grads North Carolina’s would-be physicians have been shying away from setting up primary care practices in the rural parts of the...
Education BOG open to another set of tuition increases UNC System President Peter Hans and his aides left Wednesday’s Board of Governors budget committee meeting with an implicit green...
Uncategorized Court of Appeals torpedoes some coastal regs A divided N.C. Court of Appeals panel has sided with the Rules Review Commission on the key point of its...
Education UNC flagships’ pay for football lags the big guys Even UNC System President Peter Hans concedes that in college sports going forward, it’s likely that “those who spend the...
Economic Development FERC: Grid performed better in early 2026 storms Federal regulators say the East Coast’s power grid, North Carolina’s included, handled January’s two winter storms way better than it...
Education More detail on UNC System athletics spending UNC System campuses used student fees to raise $136.4 million for their intercollegiate sports teams in fiscal 2024-25, about 21.3%...
Economic Development Legislators should act on data-center rates, AG says Though they definitely favor setting up a special power-rate class for data centers, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and his aides...
Health Care CON needs to go, State Health Plan trustee says The No. 2 man on the State Health Plan trustees told a Congressional subcommittee he favors doing away with North...
Health Care State Health Plan adds rural Atrium hospitals to mid-price tier State Health Plan officials have added a dozen Atrium Health hospitals and clinics to the plan’s middle-cost tier, but Atrium’s...
Education BOG asked to keep reins on campus construction A proposed rewrite of the UNC System’s construction-project policy would retain for the Board of Governors the ability to veto...
Education A fourth of K-12 students are in two places Here at Business North Carolina, we remain bemused by some of the numbers in the analysis of school enrollments that...
Budget & Taxes Every UNC university with athletics subsidizes it Not a single one of the UNC System’s schools is able to pay for intercollegiate athletics with just the revenue...
Economic Development NC and Chemours make a deal North Carolina has struck a $590 million deal with Chemours and its corporate cousins to settle one of lawsuits spawned...
