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Power places

Retail electricity prices in North Carolina have declined slightly over the past five years in inflation-adjusted terms, but not as...
Budget & Taxes

Redistricting complete

State Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, says he’s going to continue running for the First District Congressional seat, following this week’s...
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Legal aid

House members are pressing the N.C. State Bar to put tighter controls on which groups get funding from a grant...
Education

Duke plans for a new world

Duke University officials warned faculty earlier this fall that the Medicaid cuts associated with the federal government’s “One Big Beautiful...
Budget & Taxes

Rebase quarrel continues

House and Senate Republicans opened a new front this week in their finger-pointing about who bears responsibility for their budgetary...
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NC Ports update

The State Ports Authority incurred a $6.3 million operating loss in fiscal 2024-25, according to financial statements released Wednesday by...
Education

No PILOTs at Duke

Duke University President Vince Price has made his administration’s distrust of Durham city and county leaders all but explicit, based...
Budget & Taxes

Hall: Budget deal unlikely this year

North Carolina’s House-Senate budget deadlock continues, and House Speaker Destin Hall now believes a resolution is unlikely by the end...
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Brockman update

House leaders are in the process of putting together a select committee to ponder the legislative future of Rep. Cecil...
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Closing the courthouse door?

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man...