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Elections

Berger adds to campaign war chest

Senate leader Phil Berger’s fundraising haul for the 2025-26 election cycle has topped $2.4 million, far exceeding the total reported...

Economic Development

Growth putting pressure on DOT project rankings

A decade and a half on, some legislators are having second thoughts about the system they and former Gov. Pat...

Economic Development

DOT favors double-deck plan for I-77 in Charlotte

N.C. Department of Transportation officials say they’re “moving forward” with the idea of building a deck atop part of Interstate...

Budget & Taxes

Rep. Paré criticizes Wake property tax decisions

Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake, a co-chair of the House select committee on property taxes, has been hammering local governments in...

Economic Development

Duke avoids setting new power-load record

Following up on yesterday’s item about Duke Energy’s storm-related pollution waivers, the company says the load on its network didn’t...

Elections

Senate launches its own property tax panel

Senate leader Phil Berger is following House Speaker Destin Hall in setting up a select committee to deal with rising...

Local

Duke obtained more pollution waivers before storms

Duke Energy sought and received the U.S. Department of Energy’s permission to break air-pollution limits if necessary during the recent...

Economic Development

Small reactors lack economies of scale, legislators hear

When it comes to building nuclear reactors, a consultant’s advice to legislators is easily summarized: Go big or go home....

Local

Feds finish audit of CATS security process

Federal officials have given Charlotte Area Transit System a month to remedy 18 problems they identified in a review of...

Education

School vouchers: More used in blue counties

Two UNC Charlotte professors have published a study that suggests K-12 school vouchers aren’t as heavily used in the places...

Budget & Taxes

State-pension investment returns improve

North Carolina’s public retirement-system investments earned an estimated 13.3% return in calendar 2025, just under the average for well-stocked peer...

Economic Development

Wolfspeed gets feds’ OK for Japanese investor

Durham-based Wolfspeed says federal regulators have given permission for a Japanese company to take an equity stake in the chipmaker....

Budget & Taxes

State pension fund sets request for legislative support

Trustees of the state’s largest public-employee pension plan have confirmed that they’ll ask legislators for a 2026-27 employer contribution equivalent...

Elections

Insurance Dept. sees no fraud in Rockingham Co. dispute

North Carolina’s Department of Insurance closed the books on a complaintalleging that Rockingham County officials illegally asked the county’s insurance...

Health Care

State Health Plan rolls out first “preferred providers”

State Health Plan trustees have approved “preferred provider” contracts with the clinic networks of UNC Health and two other groups,...

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