Local Prisons tap unused pay to plug gaps While State Auditor Dave Boliek’s lapsed-salary assessment leaves plenty of room for doubt about how much money state agencies have...
Economic Development Locke looks at farm exposure to trade wars An analysis commissioned by the John Locke Foundation warns that trade wars could take a $695 million bite out of...
Budget & Taxes Agencies point out errors in auditor’s lapsed-salary report State agencies say N.C. Auditor Dave Boliek’s lapsed-salary report is riddled with errors that exaggerate how much money is actually...
Economic Development Stein: Make data centers pay their own way Gov. Josh Stein and the Trump administration agree data centers should bear the cost of any new power-generation capacity they...
Budget & Taxes Senate negotiators reduce ask for NC Children’s N.C. Senate budget negotiators appear to have given up on securing $638 million for the proposed NC Children’s Hospital in...
Economic Development Judge rules against Trump on Dominion wind farm A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down work on Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind...
Local Trump idea amounts to “price controls,” bankers say North Carolina’s bankers are no happier than their New York colleagues with President Donald Trump’s proposal for a one-year, 10%...
Local Preyer resigns UNC CH trustees seat Former UNC Chapel Hill trustee John Preyer resigned to devote more time to his own business and not in response...
Local Crypto bill pulled for more negotiations Another crypto bill is wending its way through Congress, but ran into a speed bump this week as banking and...
Economic Development NC Children’s hospital in Apex lands first big donation Charlotte-based Coca-Cola Consolidated says it’s going to donate $25 million toward the launch of NC Children’s, the new hospital UNC...
Budget & Taxes Loophole in property tax exemption costing counties House Speaker Destin Hall’s property tax committee may embark on a side quest, as it’s hearing complaints about a court-opened...
Budget & Taxes State property tax exemptions costing $2.1B a year State law already exempts about 12% of all real estate in North Carolina from property taxes, legislative staffers told House...
Local State urged to bolster outpatient commitment for the mentally ill North Carolina’s multi-decade revamp of its mental health care system seems to have damaged one of the tools it might...
Uncategorized Grocers, retailers worry about future of food stamps Food stamps are about the only thing keeping some groceries in rural North Carolina afloat, the head of the N.C....
Education UNC-CH making big change to student health service UNC Chapel Hill officials announced on Tuesday that North Carolina’s state-owned hospital system will “lead and administer” the university’s Campus...
