Ray Gronberg
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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...
Mini-budget addresses NC Promise tuition
Speaking of mini-budgets, the count of those is now three. Legislators have passed and sent to the governor a revised...
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...
Brockman update
House leaders are in the process of putting together a select committee to ponder the legislative future of Rep. Cecil...
Justices shield Kinston fuel company
State Supreme Court justices have tried to resolve a dispute about the control of a Kinston-based fuel supplier in a...
Blockchain and “stablecoin” enterprises
N.C. House members have begun preparing for a future round of legislation they hope will make North Carolina an even...
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...
Sanderson charged with DWI
State Sen. Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico, faces a driving while impaired charge after being arrested Saturday in Raleigh by a State...
North Carolina’s sports-wagering program update
Estimated tax revenues from North Carolina’s sports-wagering program are down about 1.7% in the first quarter of fiscal 2025-26, compared...
New Congressional map unveiled
General Assembly leaders have rolled out their proposed Congressional redistricting, which is designed to make the First District seat in...
DOGE and RTI
The Trump administration’s rollback of federal spending on science and medical studies has affected many U.S. research institutions, but the...
Firearms ruling overturned
A state Court of Appeals panel has overturned a lower-court ruling that’d declared North Carolina’s ban on firearms possession by...
From the South Bay to Snow Hill
State officials used a $125,000 One North Carolina grant to convince a switch manufacturer to move its headquarters from the...
