Ray Gronberg
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House bill targets Charlotte Water river draw
Charlotte Water’s interest in obtaining an additional 30 million gallons a day allocation of Catawba River basin water continues to...
Flood repair
A proposal to give victims of “historic flood events” like Hurricane Helene a building-code waiver so they can rebuild in...
Senate offers Heels, Wolfpack a trade
Senate Republicans are willing to give the UNC Chapel Hill and NC State athletic programs a piece of North Carolina’s...
A bigger role for the Guard after disasters?
Senate Republicans want the N.C. National Guard’s commander to take charge of state’s emergency response team in future disasters like...
Solar power
Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, has scaled back a bill that that aims to curb the use of farmland for solar-power...
The Senate’s budget, unveiled
The Senate’s budget proposal for the 2025-27 biennium is going to include $638 million in additional funding for the new...
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In my Henderson Dispatch days, I drove home along U.S. 1 down to Interstate 540 about four times. A couple...
Malpractice
Business groups are warning that a medical malpractice case currently pending in the state Court of Appeals could have dire consequences...
A House bill for Charlotte’s transit funding
There are now two bills pending in the General Assembly that would give Mecklenburg County via referendum to add up...
Raleigh’s runway
The Triangle’s “most important two miles of pavement” is a case study for why the juice isn’t worth the squeeze...
Taking the politics out of local land-use battles?
Lewisville Republican Rep. Jeff Zenger and nearly two dozen of his colleagues want local officials to face civil-court liability, for...
Student-visa pullbacks “federal issues,” Berger says
Senate leader Phil Berger isn’t signaling any intention to go to bat with the state’s Congressional delegation for the international...
Berger and the budget
The Senate will release its draft of the budget for the 2025-27 biennium Monday night, Senate leader Phil Berger says....
