Ray Gronberg
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Scout HQ decision sparking criticism in S.C.
One state’s business-recruiting win is another’s nascent political issue, judging from reaction of a South Carolina gubernatorial candidate. U.S. Rep....
DEQ OKs water-quality permit for MVP Southgate
The MVP Southgate gas pipeline project has cleared another regulatory hurdle, this time at the state level. N.C. Department of...
Emergency rooms
Hospital emergency rooms across the state are already struggling to cope with mental-health patients, and there’s worry that things will...
Charlotte lands Scout Motors HQ
Meanwhile, in Charlotte, officials announced that Scout Motors, an upstart electric vehicle company that plans a $2 billion assembly plant in...
A big day for North Carolina’s car industry
Toyota executives say their company’s new, $13.9 billion battery factory near Liberty is flexible enough that it can respond to...
Tuition, fees, room and board at UNC flagships
UNC Chapel Hill and NC State officials are moving to propose 3% tuition increases for new in-state undergraduates who arrive...
Duke and private credit
Duke Energy CFO Brian Savoy made waves this week when he told a reporter from Bloomberg that the utility is...
Overturning CON
State Treasurer Brad Briner and the State Employees Association of North Carolina have joined forces to support a New Bern...
Medicaid rebase in court
State lawyers and a team of attorneys from McGuireWoods are due back in court this morning to argue over whether...
DMV news
Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Paul Tine is pouring cold water every chance he gets on the idea that lawmakers...
Gift to Elon funding new school
Florida philanthropists Hal and Marjorie Roberts are giving a “once-in-a-generation” donation to Elon University to support elementary-school students with dyslexia....
U.S. senators weigh Lumbee recognition
Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks’ arguments against giving North Carolina’s Lumbee full federal recognition ran...
Toyota execs on earnings, tariffs and N.C.
Toyota’s new $12.9 billion battery factory near Liberty remains a key piece of its plans for the U.S. going forward,...
