Ray Gronberg
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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...
Puppies vs. squatters
One of the bills awaiting Gov. Josh Stein’s signature after June’s legislative bonanza includes a provision that would bar cities...
State lands two more manufacturers
North Carolina’s business recruiters have notched two more wins, which between them are promising to bring 1,306 new jobs to...
Hall and mini-budgets
Speaker Hall, by the way, believes the House and Senate will get a budget done eventually and isn’t too worried...
why North Carolina’s budget Is late (again): no deadline, no referee, real disagreements
Writing a state-affairs newsletter and being a disc jockey are jobs that have more in common than most may think....
House tries again to loosen credit-union restrictions
House members before leaving for their summer break wrote their approach to a partial deregulation of North Carolina-chartered credit unions...
Tillis drops re-election bid
North Carolina is going to have a wide-open U.S. Senate race in 2026. Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis has announced that...
Farm Act advances without raw milk, liability provisions; key land use rules still in play
Plenty of bills cleared the House and Senate before members left town on Thursday for the summer break, but some...
