Ray Gronberg
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WakeMed makes its case
WakeMed officials say cost-cutting pressure from the federal and state governments and competition from UNC Health and Duke Health mean...
Wake delays WakeMed/Atrium merger vote
Wake County Commissioners have agreed to delay consideration of a contract change that would clear the way for the proposed...
Burgin proposes clampdown on hospital mergers
Sen. Jim Burgin, the Harnett County Republican who co-chairs the Senate’s Health committee, got wind of the prospective Atrium Health/WakeMed...
Republicans suggest revamp of fuel-price riders
A trio of House Republicans wants legislators to revamp North Carolina’s power-pricing system, to give Duke Energy and other utilities...
Atrium/ Wake Med merger update
If history is any guide, the impending merger of WakeMed with Charlotte-based Atrium Health “will not benefit the public,” State...
Blue Cross NC posts $497.3M loss for 2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina posted a $497.3 million loss in calendar 2025, a report to the N.C....
Cohn’s hat in the ring for Everitt Senate seat
State Rep. Bryan Cohn, D-Granville, says he’s signaled to the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate that he’s willing...
Social media clampdown — backed by Meta?
Sponsors of a pending bill that would restrict children’s access to social-media sites are touting the fact one of the...
Senate advances moratorium on property tax-value changes
Senate leaders have begun pushing through committee a bill that would freeze property value assessments for a year in a...
Ski industry seeks liability limits
North Carolina’s ski industry wants legislators to revamp the state laws that regulate it, to among other things cap jury...
Legislators postpone intervention in Kerr Lake water-rights battle
House and Senate negotiators have dropped the idea of giving Franklin County a clear lane to acquire land in neighboring...
Democrats offer data-center bills
House Democrats and a Democratic senator have rolled out separate bills that begin to spell out a different approach to...
Majeed goes unaffiliated
Another Mecklenburg County legislator who lost in March’s Democratic Party primaries has turned in his membership card. District 99 Rep....
