Ray Gronberg
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State property tax exemptions costing $2.1B a year
State law already exempts about 12% of all real estate in North Carolina from property taxes, legislative staffers told House...
State urged to bolster outpatient commitment for the mentally ill
North Carolina’s multi-decade revamp of its mental health care system seems to have damaged one of the tools it might...
Grocers, retailers worry about future of food stamps
Food stamps are about the only thing keeping some groceries in rural North Carolina afloat, the head of the N.C....
UNC-CH making big change to student health service
UNC Chapel Hill officials announced on Tuesday that North Carolina’s state-owned hospital system will “lead and administer” the university’s Campus...
Forum highlights economic challenges
Participants at the NC Chamber’s annual forecast forum say the past year has given consumers and managers much to consider...
McHenry: Pressure on fed chair “the wrong thing to do”
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-10th, joined his one-time colleagues Monday in blasting the Trump administration for launching a criminal...
NC economy in 2026: steady, but masking problems
It’s long been a truism that there are two North Carolinas economically, but that is both an oversimplification these days...
Biz registrations follow a predictable pattern
Ten counties accounted for about 68% of the new-business registrations in 2025, according to the online database provided by Secretary...
Berger up 4 in race with Page, poll says
A new poll is claiming that Senate leader Phil Berger has about a four percentage point lead in his District...
EMC sends PFAS-testing rule out for comment
State regulators have the green light to begin taking public comment on a rules package that would force some industrial...
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...