Ray Gronberg
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Ross criticizes Trump’s Carolina Long Bay buyout
U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-2nd, and some of her West Coast colleagues are scrutinizing the big-money settlement the Trump administration...
REBIC opposes longer moratorium on water-transfer permits
A Charlotte business group is asking members to “reach out” to legislators to stand up for the city’s ability to...
DOT shuts down I-77 “engagement” center
State Department of Transportation officials have pulled the plug on a “community engagement center” in Charlotte they opened in late...
Supreme Court upholds Duke Energy 2023-25 rates
The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected challenges from manufacturers, electric co-ops and Attorney General Jeff Jackson to Duke Energy’s 2023-25...
Saine strikes out on own, leaves Southern Group
Lobbyist and former state Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, has left The Southern Group and is in the process of launching...
State sues VinFast, claims breach of deal
The state Commerce Department is suing VinFast to take control of the Chatham County land the Vietnamese company had promised...
DOT chief concedes communication failures in I-77 dispute
State Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson conceded that his agency could’ve and should’ve done a better job communicating with Charlotte residents...
Housing deregulation: If at first you don’t succeed …
Rep. Jeff Zenger and his allies are taking another stab at making local governments loosen their restrictions on housing development....
House considering data-center restrictions
House Republican have proposed a series of restrictions on data-center development, but are coupling them a restriction on the retirement...
Stein hires a housing adviser
Gov. Josh Stein has hired former Urban Institute Vice President Janneke Ratcliffe to serve as his senior adviser for housing...
Former Durham Committee activist indicted
A Durham County grand jury has indicted the former head of the political-action arm of the Durham Committee on the...
“WWAD” — the power of the Retail Merchants
Last week’s piece on the North Carolina lobbyists who’ve registered the largest number of clients brought forth an interesting comment...
House panel advances ABC-law changes
An ABC-law rewrite that could put pre-mixed cocktails on grocery-store shelves has cleared its first committee, but not before getting...
