Ray Gronberg
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Supremes, lies and school buses
The state Supreme Court has overturned the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2019 firing of an employee accused of falsifying the...
Power players
North Carolina’s top energy-market watchdog believes the increasing demands for electricity from of data centers, factories and other large-load business...
As Cabarrus turns …
They just don’t stop having drama in Cabarrus County. The Charlotte Observer and other media outlets in the Interstate 77...
Appeals judges slap down Durham County project
A divided N.C. Court of Appeals panel has invalidated the Durham County Commissioners’ approval of a 141-home, 288-acre “conservation subdivision”...
Chamber energy report
North Carolina needs a quicker and more predictable approval process for power-generation and grid upgrades, no matter the technology a...
Berger shuffles oversight appointments
Senate leader Phil Berger and his staff rolled out the chamber’s new joint-oversight committee assignments on Tuesday. Perhaps the biggest...
Troubles at school
Last week, State Auditor Dave Boliek and his team issued a “rapid response report” on the causes of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth...
Free speech push?
U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-2nd, has joined forces with a colleague from Vermont to push back on the Trump administration’s...
Stein, Boliek clash over veto of auditor bill
Gov. Stein’s veto pen also landed Wednesday on House Bill 549, which expands the investigative authority and other powers of the state...
Gov. Stein vetoes bill dropping carbon goal, citing cost risks for families
Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed a bill that would eliminate the state’s interim carbon-reduction goal, citing worries about future fuel costs...
Federal fraud dragnet yields charges in N.C.
Federal prosecutors based in North Carolina have charged 13 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. What...
Child care task force favors reimbursement changes
Legislators ought to peg child-care subsidies to a statewide benchmark instead of letting them vary from county to county, a bipartisan...
Wolfspeed files for bankruptcy to cut $4.6B in debt
Wolfspeed has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reduce its debt load by $4.6 billion amid continued uncertainty about whether...
