Elections Hunt stocks staff with campaign veterans Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt has hired Meghan Quick, a former fundraising director for the Senate Democratic Caucus, to serve as...
Local California and disaster aid Speaking of California, it’s probably a good time to note that every member of that state’s congressional delegation who voted...
Local Causey and California The main lesson of the ongoing fires in California is that it’s counterproductive to “artificially hold down the true cost...
Local NCInnovation picks Wells to manage endowment The board of NCInnovation has hired Wells Fargo to serve as the nonprofit’s investment adviser. The move came last week,...
Local N.C. League of Municipalities and downzoning To a complete lack of surprise in some quarters I’m sure, the folks at the N.C. League of Municipalities wants...
Local Whither I-40? Business North Carolina and N.C. Tribune reader Matthew Eisley is at it again, urging officials to take Hurricane Helene as...
Elections Stein lays out agenda Gov. Josh Stein’s inaugural address on Saturday stressed hurricane recovery, economic development, education and public safety in an appeal for...
Local Downzoning Senate leader Phil Berger has signaled he’s open to at least considering changes to a provision in Senate Bill 382...
Local RealPage anti-trust lawsuit update You’ll recall that back in August, lawyers for the federal government, North Carolina and seven other states filed an anti-trust...
Elections Senate committee assignments set When Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters after session on Wednesday that he’d have committee assignments finished this week, he...
Elections House Dems set leadership slate House Democrats have shuffled part of the leadership team serving under their leader, Rep. Robert Reives, D-Chatham. Reps. Cynthia Ball,...
Local Lavonia Allison Gov. Josh Stein has joined others in publicly mourning the Jan. 7. death of Dr. Lavonia Allison, a longtime leader...
Local Fire in LA After getting home from Wednesday’s opening of the General Assembly, I cooked dinner and sat down to watch my hometown...
Budget & Taxes Berger leaves door open for AI bill Legislators have to “tread very carefully” when it comes to regulating the uses of artificial intelligence, Senate leader Phil Berger...
Local Advocacy firms roll out new collaboration A trio of Raleigh-based advocacy firms joined forces to launch a new partnership they say will move beyond “the antiquated...