Elections Majeed goes unaffiliated Another Mecklenburg County legislator who lost in March’s Democratic Party primaries has turned in his membership card. District 99 Rep....
Economic Development Poll: Many oppose casinos for their county In case anyone needed a reminder after Senate leader Phil Berger’s GOP primary loss, a new poll suggests many North...
Economic Development Granville Co. opposes Franklin in Kerr Lake fight Granville County isn’t one of Senate Bill 214’s direct targets, but it’s standing with the communities that are in the...
Budget & Taxes Batch backtracks on Medicaid rebase Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, has walked back her caucus’s support of the Medicaid rebase bill that it has...
Economic Development Franklin County: Give us the water Franklin County officials say that while they remain willing to negotiate for access to Kerr Lake’s water, they want condemnation...
Economic Development Data-center developer sues Chatham County A company led by UNC Board of Governors member Kirk Bradley has sued Chatham County, seeking to overturn the county’s...
Events GOP puts Cooper on blast over American Efficient scandal State Republican leaders have begun trying to make the federal government’s move to fine a Durham company $722 million over...
Economic Development Stein floats idea for funding job training Within Gov. Josh Stein’s budget request for fiscal 2026-27 is a proposal to set up a new program called the...
Economic Development Lawmakers, or lawbreakers? North Carolina’s General Assembly is a serial lawbreaker, a state House member says. Rep. Phil Rubin, D-Wake, made the accusation...
Education Boliek asks SBI to probe N.C. A&T student-fee diversions State Auditor Dave Boliek has asked the SBI to probe what he calls “gross misconduct” at N.C. A&T State University...
Economic Development Could Franklin Co. grab Henderson’s water plant? A “local provisions” bill got pulled from the House’s Wednesday docket because some legislators think it’ll give Franklin County authority...
Local Lobbyists indicted; charged in connection with legislators’ 2024 bourbon tour A Wake County grand jury has indicted four prominent North Carolina lobbyists on charges alleging that they solicited violations of...
Elections Legislators to probe COVID-related prison releases Just in time for this fall’s Cooper-Whatley U.S. Senate race, General Assembly leaders announced Monday they’re forming a panel to...
Uncategorized Abram political donations focus mainly on Triangle Durham entrepreneur Ben Abram’s biggest campaign donations are to his wife, state Sen. Sophia Chitlik, D-Durham, but she’s not the...
Economic Development Lumbee advance casino proposal Lumbee leaders have approved an amendment to the tribal constitution that sets up a vote this summer by the tribe’s...
