Ray Gronberg
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NextEra buying Dominion Energy for $66.8B in stock
Florida-based NextEra Energy is buying Virginia’s Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal worth about $66.8 billion at current market prices....
Leadership conference: housing, healthcare, energy all dilemmas for NC
You’ll have to wait for a fuller account in an upcoming Business North Carolina of Friday’s NC Leadership Conference, but...
Wake Forest commissioner tabbed for Senate seat
Democratic Party leaders in Wake and Granville counties have named lawyer and Wake Forest Town Commissioner Haseeb Fatmi as the...
State fiscal forecast improves
Fiscal forecasters now think the state government will bring in $1.3 billion more in the 2025-27 biennium to support its...
Commerce has some questions for employers
Gov. Josh Stein’s administration wants to find 50,000 employers willing to work with the state’s job-training programs. The state Commerce...
Farm advocates seek limits on ag-land conversions
Legislators are looking at a couple bills that would make it harder to convert farmland into other uses. The current...
Who are North Carolina’s leading lobbyists?
Lobbyists play an essential role in every state capital, helping keep the wheels turning while elected leaders and top state...
ElectriCities speaks out against Barnes’ Rocky Mount bill
ElectriCities of North Carolina opposes state Sen. Lisa Barnes’ push to impose additional restrictions on how Rocky Mount’s government uses...
The view of I-77 from Raleigh
Senate leader Phil Berger is less than impressed by the Charlotte City Council’s reversal of its support for adding toll...
Bill targeting Chinese land buys is on the move
House and Senate members are coming together on a bill that would put much of North Carolina off-limits for purchase...
GOP leaders agree to tax, worker-raise budget framework
House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger have a deal on state-employee salaries and tax policy that clears...
ABC bill bolsters canned cocktails
This year’s ABC bill could put premixed cocktail brands like Cutwater and High Noon on grocery store shelves, just like...
Reports highlight top lobbying spends of 2024
Duke Energy, the NC Chamber and Blue Cross topped the state’s list of big spenders on lobbyists in calendar 2024,...