Ray Gronberg
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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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Meck transit tax passes
The returns late Tuesday evening are still both incomplete and unofficial, but Mecklenburg County voters appear to have approved the...
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...
Local government
Local Government Commission members on Tuesday approved financing for a passel of affordable-housing projects around the state, among them one...
Elizabeth City’s food bills, audited
State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office says Elizabeth City officials played “fast and loose” with procurement-card charges, mainly for food they...
Stein in Asia
Gov. Josh Stein’s trip to Japan last week for the annual Southeast United States/Japan conference also gave him a chance...
Health insurance
Not quite 11 months after the getting the General Assembly’s OK for the idea, the NC Chamber has rolled out...
N.C. repped in the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers are once again the champions of baseball, by virtue of defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4...
Tillis floats a banking bill
North Carolina U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is circulating a “discussion draft” of a bill that would bar large banks and...
