Ray Gronberg
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Boliek rains on a shower
State Auditor Dave Boliek’s staff estimates that it cost the state $27.4 million for a Texas-based contractor to install and operate a...
Senate overhauls House Healthcare Bill, adds price transparency and limits AI in coverage denials
Today’s going to be an odds-and-ends kinda newsletter. There’s been a lot going on that’s gotten overshadowed by the House’s...
A $10B data center campus for Richmond County
All of the afternoon’s discussion of energy policy followed the announcement that Amazon will invest at least $10 billion in...
NC House advances bill to let Duke Energy recover plant costs sooner
House leaders are shooting for a Tuesday floor vote on a bill that would make it easier for Duke Energy...
House prepping a counter-offer on energy bill
So far, there’s been little obvious progress in the House on the consideration of Senate Bill 261, which proposes to make...
NC bill would limit labor inspectors’ role in private lawsuits
Legislators seem inclined to make it harder to call on N.C. Department of Labor inspectors to provide information to parties...
N.C. near tops in revenue gains from migration
North Carolina ranks third nationally in a study of the states that are benefiting the most from the movement of...
NC Senate debates legal shield for herbicide makers
The issues surrounding raw milk have gotten most of the attention in the Senate’s debate about this session’s farm act, but there’s...
Student visas and North Carolina
The Trump administration’s crackdowns on student visas affect a sector that as of the 2023-24 academic year was bringing 24,468 international...
Dueling strategies for addressing DMV’s problems
Gov. Josh Stein and new DMV commissioner Paul Tine are pledging to work with legislators and State Auditor Dave Boliek...
Energy study targets 2026 report
As for UNC Chapel Hill’s energy study, campus officials say they’ve hired Irvine, California’s Salas O’Brien to help them figure out the institution’s...
Trustee questions dorm-construction process
Speaking of dorm space, UNC Chapel Hill trustees this month gave Roberts’ team permission to permission to demolish a building...
UNC’s enrollment plans spark unusual town-gown harmony
If you’re at all familiar with how town-gown politics usually roll in Chapel Hill, the lack of public dispute about...
