Economic Development Infrastructure help on way for Chimney Rock, other mountain towns Chimney Rock is getting nearly $11.9 million in aid for water and sewer infrastructure as it continues to recover from...
Economic Development No right to repair in defense bill Multiple reports indicate that Congress has dropped the idea of adopting subjecting military contractors to a “right to repair” law...
Education Achievement gaps in the crosshairs Wednesday’s House Oversight hearing also allowed legislators to sound off about a perennial issue within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools,...
Local House Oversight battles the Chapel Hill schools Members of a House committee have warned the leaders of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools to expect legislative retaliation over...
Elections Berger picked up Trump’s endorsement; Page unfazed State Senate Phil Berger on Wednesday picked up an endorsement he very possibly needed if he’s to come back for...
Budget & Taxes Fiscal Research sees a cloudy economic picture Legislative staffers are expecting pretty much all the state’s key economic indicators to slow in fiscal 2026-27 — just in time...
Economic Development Boom finds AI customer for its engine tech The jet engines Boom Supersonic’s designing for the airliners it wants to build in Greensboro may wind up powering data...
Budget & Taxes Hall sets up House examination of property taxes House Speaker Destin Hall has formed a special committee to examine and counter the rise in local-government property taxes. Reps....
Elections Tillis: Done with elective office Just in case leaving the U.S. Senate at the end of his current term isn’t definitive enough, Sen. Thom Tillis...
Economic Development Tillis: Highlight the business case for renewables U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, of course, was on hand for Monday’s Clean Energy Champions luncheon not so much to talk...
Economic Development Lumbee recognition in pending defense bill U.S. House members are going to try to pass the long-awaited Lumbee recognition bill by incorporating it into an omnibus...
Economic Development Farmers, biz groups complete Clean Energy awards Another of the Clean Energy Champions awards announced Monday went to Martin County farmers Ken and Johna Gurganus, in part...
Economic Development Hall, Gable honored for power-transmission bill State Reps. Kyle Hall and Wyatt Gable received two of the “Clean Energy Champions” awards handed out Monday by Conservatives...
Elections The House primary list lengthens Two Democrats who’ve sometimes been part of House Speaker Destin Hall’s “working supermajority” face party primaries in the spring. Charlotte...
Elections GOP Senate primary slate shapes up Phil Berger and Sam Page aren’t going to have the only hot Republican primary for a state Senate seat in...
