Elections Poll Watch: Issue preferences The latest High Point University poll took a unique approach to polling voters on the key issues in this year’s...
Budget & Taxes Auditor dings A&T over painting contract State Auditor Beth Wood is faulting N.C. A&T State University for failing to get competing bids for a facility painting...
Budget & Taxes Apprenticeship program expanding with $12M funding As labor shortages continue, lawmakers got an update Wednesday on a $12 million infusion of funds to the state’s apprenticeship...
Elections Campaign Spotlight: House District 73 For the first time in years, Democrats have the potential to pick up a House seat in fast-growing Cabarrus County....
Budget & Taxes New state forest, park addition coming State leaders will sign off on the creation of a new state forest this morning, as well as a key...
Budget & Taxes Chung talks economic development, megasite needs It wasn’t that long ago that North Carolina had something of an inferiority complex to its southern neighbor, repeatedly losing...
Elections Mail-in votes up from 2018, down from 2020 We’re several weeks into the absentee voting by mail period, so we now have some raw data about how the...
Elections Campaign Spotlight: House District 103 Rep. Rachel Hunt’s decision to run for Senate instead of re-election created an open contest in a corner of Mecklenburg...
Elections Poll Watch: Tight Senate race numbers A pair of new polls released Thursday both show an extremely tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and...
Elections Reives attacks attack ads House Democratic Leader Robert Reives says his opponent’s attack ads have gone too far, “dragging in” his family members as...
Elections Poll Watch: High Point University survey High Point University’s Survey Research Center released a new poll this week, and while this one didn’t assess the state...
Budget & Taxes Tiny Ivanhoe gets new utility system Speaking of Cooper and the state’s influx of federal funding, the governor spent Tuesday afternoon in the tiny Sampson County...
Education ‘Digital equity’ grants launch with budget funding Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration outlined details of a new “digital equity” grant program on Tuesday. The initiative seeks applications from...
Elections More 501(c)4 groups playing big role in legislative races Dark money 501(c)4 groups might be playing an even bigger role in legislative races this year, perhaps spending more than...
Education UNC looks to new uses for its RTP property The UNC Board of Governors voted last week to add 111 acres of prime real estate in Research Triangle Park...
