Ray Gronberg
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Pew frets about state reserves
North Carolina’s primary rainy-day fund had $3.6 billion as of last summer, which would fund about 42 days’ worth of...
Ferguson set to replace Clampitt in House
Republican leaders in Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties have picked Anna Ferguson to fill out the balance of the late...
Lumbee gearing up for summer casino vote
Lumbee leaders are preparing an amendment to the tribal constitution that would give the tribe’s enrolled members the promised chance...
Plymouth hospital endorses nurse-practice bills
A coastal hospital has joined the groups advocating for a relaxation of the state’s restrictions on advanced-practice nurses. Washington Regional...
Get to know Rep. Monika Johnson-Hostler
Rep. Monika Johnson-Hostler is in her first term in the state House but is no stranger to public service. The...
UNC Chapel Hill: We’re not investigating students
UNC Chapel Hill officials have walked back a vice provost’s statement that they’re investigating the student group Hill After Hours...
Auditor praises Baptist home repairs in WNC
State Auditor Dave Boliek says Baptists on Mission’s taxpayer-subsidized home-repair effort in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene has complied...
UNC workforce report sees big gap in engineering-grad numbers
North Carolina’s public universities mint lots of new engineers every year, but a UNC System analysis says they’re still not...
Farm Bureau, Chamber weigh in on Roundup case
State Rep. Pricey Harrison isn’t the only North Carolina voice weighing in with the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of its...
Carolina’s getting FIREd
UNC Chapel Hill is in trouble with one of the country’s top free-speech advocacy groups. The Foundation for Individual Rights...
Luddy warns senators to oppose casinos
One of the key backers of Rockingham County Sheriff’s successful bid to unseat Senate leader Phil Berger has a message...
Japan-N.C. business links yield another recruit
One of Japan’s largest financial companies, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., or SMBC, plans to establish a second U.S. headquarters in...
Legislators urged to tighten autism-care networks
North Carolina’s four managed care organizations say state legislators have to change the law if they want to get a...
