Ray Gronberg
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Reg reform bill takes effect
Gov. Josh Stein let this year’s regulatory reform omnibus, House Bill 926, become law without his signature. So its removal...
Duke and Aetna iron out their differences
To the surprise of few, one suspects, Duke Health and Aetna have ended their quarrel and agreed to a new...
Gas pipelines routing revised
Federal regulators say the revised, shorter routing of the proposed MVP Southgate gas pipeline should have “fewer environmental effects” than...
Reactions roll in on Duke Energy plan
Environmental advocates in North Carolina slammed Duke Energy’s long-term vision for power generation, as disclosed this week in a regulatory...
Duke nuclear energy update
Senate Bill 266’s rework of North Carolina’s carbon-reduction targets was partly intended to buy time for Duke Energy to develop...
WFU president stepping down next summer
Wake Forest University President Susan Wente will leave her job on June 30, the end of her fifth year in...
Court of Appeals wades into messy disputes
Wednesday was also a day for the N.C. Court of Appeals to issue opinions. Separate three-judge panels handed down rulings...
Poe Hall at NC State update
NC State has sued Monsanto and a Pfizer subsidiary over the PCB contamination of Poe Hall, seeking to shield itself...
Duke Energy’s Carolinas Resource Plan
Duke Energy’s latest Carolinas Resource Plan posits retaining three of the utility’s coal-fired power plants for two to four years...
Fitch calls Duke Health’s margins “compressed”
There’s a bit more to say about Duke Health and its finances, given the heat State Treasurer Brad Briner’s office...
Trouble in Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount’s government announced last week that “for over two years, the city has spent millions more each month than it...
Congressional panel probes N.C., S.C. murders
A fair fraction of the political set is likely to focus its attention on a Monday morning Congressional hearing set...
Duke in the crosshairs
Duke University and Duke Health are getting battered from all sides these days, politically speaking. My Business North Carolina colleague...
