Local A big day for North Carolina’s car industry Toyota executives say their company’s new, $13.9 billion battery factory near Liberty is flexible enough that it can respond to...
Education Tuition, fees, room and board at UNC flagships UNC Chapel Hill and NC State officials are moving to propose 3% tuition increases for new in-state undergraduates who arrive...
Local Duke and private credit Duke Energy CFO Brian Savoy made waves this week when he told a reporter from Bloomberg that the utility is...
Health Care Overturning CON State Treasurer Brad Briner and the State Employees Association of North Carolina have joined forces to support a New Bern...
Health Care Medicaid rebase in court State lawyers and a team of attorneys from McGuireWoods are due back in court this morning to argue over whether...
Local DMV news Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Paul Tine is pouring cold water every chance he gets on the idea that lawmakers...
Education Gift to Elon funding new school Florida philanthropists Hal and Marjorie Roberts are giving a “once-in-a-generation” donation to Elon University to support elementary-school students with dyslexia....
Local U.S. senators weigh Lumbee recognition Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Michell Hicks’ arguments against giving North Carolina’s Lumbee full federal recognition ran...
Local Toyota execs on earnings, tariffs and N.C. Toyota’s new $12.9 billion battery factory near Liberty remains a key piece of its plans for the U.S. going forward,...
Local N.C. ferry system needs money North Carolina’s ferry system needs a significant infusion of money to ensure its continued reliability, deal with the upkeep on...
Local Football at the Court of Appeals North Carolina’s Court of Appeals found itself having to referee an arbitration dispute between two sets of sports agents that...
Elections GOP loses ground in Charlotte There is a partisan element to some of these outcomes, even if on the ballot they were nonpartisan races. Perkins,...
Elections Tough night for incumbants Tuesday wasn’t exactly a great night for incumbents in a number of the state’s larger cities. Our non-exhaustive review of...
Elections Meck transit tax passes The returns late Tuesday evening are still both incomplete and unofficial, but Mecklenburg County voters appear to have approved the...
Local Questions for Charlotte and Raleigh LGC members didn’t voice any concerns about the Durham project, but they did have questions about two other affordable-housing initiatives...