Education UNC System subleasing Raleigh office from downsizing insurance firm It says a lot about the state of the office real-estate market that the UNC System Office is getting its...
Elections Hearing set on Senate candidate’s residency The residency challenge against Democratic Senate candidate Valerie Jordan cleared its first hurdle on Wednesday. According to a tweet from...
Budget & Taxes Stein announces another opioid settlement North Carolina could get millions of dollars from the latest multi-state settlement with a pharmaceutical company implicated in the opioid...
Elections Follow The Money: Outside spending After something of a summertime lull (at least compared to primary season), outside spending is flooding back into the U.S....
Health Care Cooper wants Medicaid deal by September Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that he’s still hopeful state lawmakers will reach an agreement on Medicaid expansion, although he...
Elections Senate candidate faces residency challenge Democratic Senate candidate Valerie Jordan responded Tuesday to her opponent’s attempt to have her candidacy thrown out, calling Rep. Bobby...
Elections Unanimous elections board OKs new poll conduct rules In an era of hyperpartisan disagreements over how elections are conducted, it was almost surprising that the State Board of...
Education Legislators consider school principals’ role Just how well can one boss manage 50 or more direct reports? That’s the average number of direct reports a...
Elections Follow The Money: Senate District 18 The Senate district that includes northern Wake and Granville counties is considered a must-win for Democrats to avoid a GOP...
Education Smith says Berger issued ‘edict’ to oust president Former UNC Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith gave a no-holds-barred interview with my colleague David Mildenberg on this week’s...
Elections Lots of unanswered questions in Stein campaign ad case The curious case of Attorney General Josh Stein’s legal trouble over a 2020 campaign ad and a nearly century-old law...
Elections Follow The Money: 2024 likely candidates No one has formally announced their candidacy for governor in 2024 yet, but the latest round of campaign finance reports...
Elections Follow The Money: Cooper fundraising If you assumed that Gov. Roy Cooper's campaign organization would be largely dormant this year, you’d be wrong. In the...
Elections Cooper/Tillis Twitter spat could foreshadow 2026 race Is this the opening salvo of the 2026 U.S. Senate campaign? That’s when Tillis is next up for re-election. And...
Budget & Taxes Budget Spotlight: Bridge namings There’s two ways to get a state-maintained bridge named in someone’s honor. One involves getting a resolution passed by the...
