Ray Gronberg, Author at NC Tribune

Economic Development

The G20 comes to Asheville

Asheville will host some of the preparatory meetings for the annual G20 summit in August and early September, U.S. Treasury...

Economic Development

Scout says it’s on track; German publication dubious

Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors says its all-electric pickup and SUV assembled in South Carolina will be on sale next year, firing...

Economic Development

Court of Appeals: Duke fuel rider wrongly approved

A bipartisan state Court of Appeals panel says the Utilities Commission erred when it allowed Duke Energy to recover $17...

Budget & Taxes

Nonprofit hospitals get $215M in local taxes breaks a year

The House’s property-tax committee is scrutinizing the tax breaks North Carolina gives its nonprofit hospitals, but a couple of its rank-and-file...

Local

AG’s office settles towing-practices lawsuit

Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office has settled a lawsuit against a Charlotte tower it’d accused of price gouging and deceptive...

Economic Development

Labor Department signs safety partnership for tower project

North Carolina’s Labor Department has active safety “partnership” deals in place with the contractors spearheading work on four of the...

Local

NTSB issues final report on 2025 mid-air

Unsustainable arrival rates, increasing traffic volumes and airline scheduling practices were all contributing factors to 2025’s mid-air collision at Reagan...

Economic Development

Energy task force submits its first report

Data centers account for about 80% of the additional demand Duke Energy is expecting to come its way because of...

Elections

Sadler outraising Cunningham for upcoming primary

The Rev. Rodney Sadler has raised more than twice as much money for his state House party primary as District...

Economic Development

Judge dismisses climate-change suit against Duke

Saying the issue’s too much a political matter, a Business Court judge has dismissed Carrboro’s climate-change lawsuit against Duke Energy....

Economic Development

Stein picks engineer for Utilities Commission

Former Duke Energy and Strata Clean Energy engineer John Gajda is joining the N.C. Utilities Commission. Gov. Josh Stein announced...

Economic Development

Lumbee I-95 land deal spurs questions

In December, the Lumbee Tribe’s for-profit arm paid a combined $6.8 million for two tracts of land alongside Interstate 95,...

Economic Development

Jackson presses on in rent-fixing lawsuit

State Attorney General Jeff Jackson says North Carolina’s apartment-rent price-fixing lawsuit against RealPage continues, even though the federal government is...

Budget & Taxes

Highway Patrol pay lags neighbors, country

State Highway Patrol pay is at the bottom of the barrel nationally and isn’t even all that competitive with other...

Budget & Taxes

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Recent Stories

The G20 comes to Asheville

Asheville will host some of the preparatory meetings for the annual G20 summit in August and early September, U.S. Treasury...

Scout says it’s on track; German publication dubious

Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors says its all-electric pickup and SUV assembled in South Carolina will be on sale next year, firing...

Court of Appeals: Duke fuel rider wrongly approved

A bipartisan state Court of Appeals panel says the Utilities Commission erred when it allowed Duke Energy to recover $17...

Nonprofit hospitals get $215M in local taxes breaks a year

The House’s property-tax committee is scrutinizing the tax breaks North Carolina gives its nonprofit hospitals, but a couple of its rank-and-file...

AG’s office settles towing-practices lawsuit

Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office has settled a lawsuit against a Charlotte tower it’d accused of price gouging and deceptive...

Labor Department signs safety partnership for tower project

North Carolina’s Labor Department has active safety “partnership” deals in place with the contractors spearheading work on four of the...

NTSB issues final report on 2025 mid-air

Unsustainable arrival rates, increasing traffic volumes and airline scheduling practices were all contributing factors to 2025’s mid-air collision at Reagan...

Energy task force submits its first report

Data centers account for about 80% of the additional demand Duke Energy is expecting to come its way because of...

Sadler outraising Cunningham for upcoming primary

The Rev. Rodney Sadler has raised more than twice as much money for his state House party primary as District...

Judge dismisses climate-change suit against Duke

Saying the issue’s too much a political matter, a Business Court judge has dismissed Carrboro’s climate-change lawsuit against Duke Energy....

Stein picks engineer for Utilities Commission

Former Duke Energy and Strata Clean Energy engineer John Gajda is joining the N.C. Utilities Commission. Gov. Josh Stein announced...

Lumbee I-95 land deal spurs questions

In December, the Lumbee Tribe’s for-profit arm paid a combined $6.8 million for two tracts of land alongside Interstate 95,...

Jackson presses on in rent-fixing lawsuit

State Attorney General Jeff Jackson says North Carolina’s apartment-rent price-fixing lawsuit against RealPage continues, even though the federal government is...

Highway Patrol pay lags neighbors, country

State Highway Patrol pay is at the bottom of the barrel nationally and isn’t even all that competitive with other...

NCI keeps investments cautious pending state budget decisions

The General Assembly’s budget impasse has left NCInnovation in limbo, at least when it comes to handling the $500 million...

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