Economic Development Stein hires a housing adviser Gov. Josh Stein has hired former Urban Institute Vice President Janneke Ratcliffe to serve as his senior adviser for housing...
Local Former Durham Committee activist indicted A Durham County grand jury has indicted the former head of the political-action arm of the Durham Committee on the...
Economic Development “WWAD” — the power of the Retail Merchants Last week’s piece on the North Carolina lobbyists who’ve registered the largest number of clients brought forth an interesting comment...
Local House panel advances ABC-law changes An ABC-law rewrite that could put pre-mixed cocktails on grocery-store shelves has cleared its first committee, but not before getting...
Economic Development Backtracking on Brunswick It’s looking like legislators are going to walk back a 2019 decision that allowed the Brunswick County Commissioners to farm...
Local Get to know Rep. Julia Greenfield Back in 2023, Julia Greenfield was a retired nurse and political activist. That made her a recruiting target for Mecklenburg...
Economic Development NextEra buying Dominion Energy for $66.8B in stock Florida-based NextEra Energy is buying Virginia’s Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal worth about $66.8 billion at current market prices....
Local Leadership conference: housing, healthcare, energy all dilemmas for NC You’ll have to wait for a fuller account in an upcoming Business North Carolina of Friday’s NC Leadership Conference, but...
Elections Wake Forest commissioner tabbed for Senate seat Democratic Party leaders in Wake and Granville counties have named lawyer and Wake Forest Town Commissioner Haseeb Fatmi as the...
Budget & Taxes State fiscal forecast improves Fiscal forecasters now think the state government will bring in $1.3 billion more in the 2025-27 biennium to support its...
Economic Development Commerce has some questions for employers Gov. Josh Stein’s administration wants to find 50,000 employers willing to work with the state’s job-training programs. The state Commerce...
Economic Development Farm advocates seek limits on ag-land conversions Legislators are looking at a couple bills that would make it harder to convert farmland into other uses. The current...
Local Who are North Carolina’s leading lobbyists? Lobbyists play an essential role in every state capital, helping keep the wheels turning while elected leaders and top state...
Budget & Taxes ElectriCities speaks out against Barnes’ Rocky Mount bill ElectriCities of North Carolina opposes state Sen. Lisa Barnes’ push to impose additional restrictions on how Rocky Mount’s government uses...
Economic Development The view of I-77 from Raleigh Senate leader Phil Berger is less than impressed by the Charlotte City Council’s reversal of its support for adding toll...
