Ray Gronberg
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Appeals Court upholds Smithfield-funded grants
N.C. Court of Appeals judges have rejected a Randolph County minister’s attempt to claim for schools the proceeds of the...
Moore “looks forward” to Trump housing proposal
Folks around the capitol will remember that back in 2023, the late Mecklenburg County state Rep. Kelly Alexander proposed a...
Regulators seek to resurrect livestock-farm rules
Division of Water Resources officials are going to try resurrecting a trio of restrictions on hog, chicken and cattle growers...
Roxboro: Praised for raising property taxes
The Local Government Commission has given Roxboro’s government permission to borrow $922,542 to buy five police cars, a fire truck,...
Near-record number of new business in 2025
The year just past saw the second-highest number of new-business creations on record for North Carolina, Secretary of State Elaine...
Boliek briefs legislators on lapse-salary report
State Auditor Dave Boliek has promised legislators they’ll have his office’s full report on state-agency lapsed salaries next week, after...
Former state GOP official helping Cunningham
The legal team that drafted Rep. Carla Cunningham’s petition to remove Mecklenburg County’s sheriff from office includes a former N.C....
Cunningham seeks ouster of Mecklenburg sheriff
Rep. Carla Cunningham has joined forces with a quartet of former Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office deputies to petition for a...
McFadden in the crosshairs
The petition seeking Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden’s removal from office contends that the two-term incumbent arbitrarily played favorites among...
Dashboard reports state auditor’s lapsed-salary findings
There’s more — and less — than meets the eye when it comes to State Auditor Dave Boliek’s claim that...
Berger staffer leaves for lobbying firm
Another of Senate leader Phil Berger’s top aides is moving over to the private sector. The Raleigh Group, the lobbying...
Congress may refine Trump’s supersonic push
Congress may not let the Trump administration have the last word on the legalization of supersonic flight over U.S. soil....
Duke seeks NRC approval to base reactors at Belews Creek
Duke Energy has asked federal regulators to approve the idea of using part of its Belews Creek property in Stokes...
