Local Agritourism battles An Orange County farm is putting the state’s policies around conservation easements and agritourism to the test. The Triangle Land...
Local Who can talk to the Utilities Commission? NC WARN and the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates battled recently over whether NC WARN would be able...
Local Black Caucus united against DEI veto overrides Leaders of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus says all 41 of its members will stand steadfast in keeping the House...
Local Stein’s energy task force Gov. Josh Stein has formed a 26-person “Energy Policy Task Force” to advise him and the General Assembly about how...
Health Care Feds make deal over Medicare fraud Federal prosecutors say a Charlotte company has agreed to pay a $1.4 million criminal penalty “to resolve a criminal investigation...
Local Genentech breaks ground Barely three months after announcing the project, Genentech officials have broken ground on their planned $700 million fill-and-finish factory in...
Education Supremes, lies and school buses The state Supreme Court has overturned the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2019 firing of an employee accused of falsifying the...
Local Power players North Carolina’s top energy-market watchdog believes the increasing demands for electricity from of data centers, factories and other large-load business...
Local As Cabarrus turns … They just don’t stop having drama in Cabarrus County. The Charlotte Observer and other media outlets in the Interstate 77...
Local Appeals judges slap down Durham County project A divided N.C. Court of Appeals panel has invalidated the Durham County Commissioners’ approval of a 141-home, 288-acre “conservation subdivision”...
Local Chamber energy report North Carolina needs a quicker and more predictable approval process for power-generation and grid upgrades, no matter the technology a...
Budget & Taxes Berger shuffles oversight appointments Senate leader Phil Berger and his staff rolled out the chamber’s new joint-oversight committee assignments on Tuesday. Perhaps the biggest...
Education Troubles at school Last week, State Auditor Dave Boliek and his team issued a “rapid response report” on the causes of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth...
Local 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...
Local 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...
