Ray Gronberg, Author at NC Tribune

Elections

How Page won: focus on home turf

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page’s GOP-primary win over Senate leader Phil Berger has been the talk of the state’s political...

Local

Get to know Rep. Beth Helfrich

Under ordinary circumstances, it’s rare for a state House seat to flip from one party’s control to the other’s, but...

Budget & Taxes

LGC to scrutinize Rocky Mount, Littleton

Local Government Commission members intended to grill officials from Rocky Mount and Littleton Wednesday afternoon on why they haven’t been...

Local

Panel: Make State Bar discipline probes confidential

A legislative advisory committee wants to keep State Bar proceedings confidential, protecting lawyers accused of misconduct from public notice until...

Elections

Dems pushing opposition to Duke rate increase

The N.C. Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week and on into April to hear from the public about Duke...

Budget & Taxes

Is Cabarrus County a property-tax outlier?

It was a bit eye-catching earlier this month when the Locke Foundation, advocating for a levy limit on property taxes,...

Health Care

Affordability “covering the gamut,” pollsters say

North Carolinians aren’t happy about the cost of healthcare, with 17% telling pollsters that they’ve skipped needed care because they...

Economic Development

McDowell touts federal insurance policy change

.S. Rep. Addison McDowell, R-6th, is claiming partial credit for a Federal Housing Finance Agency decision he says will help...

Health Care

Zaas returning to Duke Health to become its CEO

Dr. David Zaas takes over as CEO of Duke Health on May 1, putting him in charge of an $11...

Education

UNC’s new provost introduces himself

Wednesday’s trustee meetings featured the first appearance in that venue of UNC Chapel Hill’s new provost, Magnus Egerstedt. The native...

Economic Development

Satellite campus still a political minefield for UNC

A campus trustee is warning UNC Chapel Hill officials to keep an eye on political considerations as they pick developers...

Local

Get to know Rep. Celeste Cairns

Celeste Cairns is a GOP state representative for Carteret County and part of Craven, first elected in 2022. She won...

Budget & Taxes

State fiscal forecast: cloudy

Legislative and executive-branch fiscal forecasters say they anticipate the state will collect $34.7 billion in general-fund revenues in fiscal 2026-27,...

Economic Development

Commerce gauges counties’ vitality

State Commerce Department officials have created an “economic vitality” dashboard to help gauge how well North Carolina’s counties are faring...

Elections

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How Page won: focus on home turf

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page’s GOP-primary win over Senate leader Phil Berger has been the talk of the state’s political...

Get to know Rep. Beth Helfrich

Under ordinary circumstances, it’s rare for a state House seat to flip from one party’s control to the other’s, but...

LGC to scrutinize Rocky Mount, Littleton

Local Government Commission members intended to grill officials from Rocky Mount and Littleton Wednesday afternoon on why they haven’t been...

Panel: Make State Bar discipline probes confidential

A legislative advisory committee wants to keep State Bar proceedings confidential, protecting lawyers accused of misconduct from public notice until...

Dems pushing opposition to Duke rate increase

The N.C. Utilities Commission is holding hearings this week and on into April to hear from the public about Duke...

Is Cabarrus County a property-tax outlier?

It was a bit eye-catching earlier this month when the Locke Foundation, advocating for a levy limit on property taxes,...

Affordability “covering the gamut,” pollsters say

North Carolinians aren’t happy about the cost of healthcare, with 17% telling pollsters that they’ve skipped needed care because they...

McDowell touts federal insurance policy change

.S. Rep. Addison McDowell, R-6th, is claiming partial credit for a Federal Housing Finance Agency decision he says will help...

Zaas returning to Duke Health to become its CEO

Dr. David Zaas takes over as CEO of Duke Health on May 1, putting him in charge of an $11...

UNC’s new provost introduces himself

Wednesday’s trustee meetings featured the first appearance in that venue of UNC Chapel Hill’s new provost, Magnus Egerstedt. The native...

Satellite campus still a political minefield for UNC

A campus trustee is warning UNC Chapel Hill officials to keep an eye on political considerations as they pick developers...

Get to know Rep. Celeste Cairns

Celeste Cairns is a GOP state representative for Carteret County and part of Craven, first elected in 2022. She won...

State fiscal forecast: cloudy

Legislative and executive-branch fiscal forecasters say they anticipate the state will collect $34.7 billion in general-fund revenues in fiscal 2026-27,...

Commerce gauges counties’ vitality

State Commerce Department officials have created an “economic vitality” dashboard to help gauge how well North Carolina’s counties are faring...

Berger concedes to Page

Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, on Tuesday conceded that he lost his District 26 party primary to challenger Sam Page....

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