Local Charlotte’s borrowing State Auditor Dave Boliek thinks Charlotte’s government is borrowing entirely too much money. The latest such request, reviewed and approved...
Education N.C. A&T trustee resigns Mark Copeland, vice chair of the N.C. A&T State University board of trustees, resigned from that post last week. Copeland’s...
Health Care House Dems agreed with Burgin on merger oversight House Democrats have lined up behind a merger-oversight bill for hospitals that’s substantively identical to the one Sen. Jim Burgin,...
Health Care WakeMed makes its case WakeMed officials say cost-cutting pressure from the federal and state governments and competition from UNC Health and Duke Health mean...
Health Care Wake delays WakeMed/Atrium merger vote Wake County Commissioners have agreed to delay consideration of a contract change that would clear the way for the proposed...
Health Care Burgin proposes clampdown on hospital mergers Sen. Jim Burgin, the Harnett County Republican who co-chairs the Senate’s Health committee, got wind of the prospective Atrium Health/WakeMed...
Budget & Taxes Republicans suggest revamp of fuel-price riders A trio of House Republicans wants legislators to revamp North Carolina’s power-pricing system, to give Duke Energy and other utilities...
Health Care Atrium/ Wake Med merger update If history is any guide, the impending merger of WakeMed with Charlotte-based Atrium Health “will not benefit the public,” State...
Health Care Blue Cross NC posts $497.3M loss for 2025 Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina posted a $497.3 million loss in calendar 2025, a report to the N.C....
Elections Cohn’s hat in the ring for Everitt Senate seat State Rep. Bryan Cohn, D-Granville, says he’s signaled to the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate that he’s willing...
Local Social media clampdown — backed by Meta? Sponsors of a pending bill that would restrict children’s access to social-media sites are touting the fact one of the...
Budget & Taxes Senate advances moratorium on property tax-value changes Senate leaders have begun pushing through committee a bill that would freeze property value assessments for a year in a...
Economic Development Ski industry seeks liability limits North Carolina’s ski industry wants legislators to revamp the state laws that regulate it, to among other things cap jury...
Economic Development Legislators postpone intervention in Kerr Lake water-rights battle House and Senate negotiators have dropped the idea of giving Franklin County a clear lane to acquire land in neighboring...
Economic Development Democrats offer data-center bills House Democrats and a Democratic senator have rolled out separate bills that begin to spell out a different approach to...
