Ray Gronberg
Recent Stories
Early retirement at UNC: Back for more?
The UNC System’s $16.8 million drive to convince some tenured professors to take early retirement is such a success in...
Health care labor shortages
North Carolina’s healthcare labor force has been on multiple radars this week, for everyone from hospital chiefs to business leaders...
Research oversight at UNC
Federal security restrictions are complicating life for university researchers, but officials at the UNC System and its flagship campuses are...
Batteries on Berger’s doorstep
Last year’s debate on casino legalization was mainly a function of Senate leader Phil Berger’s unhappiness about his Rockingham County...
LGC’s cliffhanger on American Titanium
Local Government Commission members narrowly supported giving a proposed titanium factory near Fayetteville access to $250 million in tax-exempt bond...
On the move: Luke Farley’s future staff
Labor Commissioner-elect Luke Farley is shuffling some key department officials around. Jennifer Haigwood will become chief of staff, moving from...
ECU admissions
UNC System officials have updated their online data dashboards by plugging in the numbers for the fall 2024 cohort of...
On the move: Josh Dobson
Former Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson today will start work as the new president and CEO of the N.C. Healthcare Association....
Tax-exempt bonds for a football practice field
Speaking of Appalachian State, the Boone institution appears poised to get the UNC System’s permission to issue $19 million in...
Peers across the UNC system
Context is everything, and we have to look at whether ECU’s practices stand out amongst the system’s 16 universities. Compared...
Bond pass everywhere else
As mentioned, the Cary vote broke with the pattern elsewhere. Just in the Triangle, Chapel Hill voters backed a quintet...
Cary defies prevailing bond-issue trend
On a night when most cities and counties that put a bond referendum on the ballot saw it pass, Cary’s...
Hybrid and BEV market thrives
Given its importance to North Carolina chipmakers like Wolfspeed, it’s worth checking in on how well the EV market is...
