Economic Development Carolinas sitting on a pile of lithium? There could be enough lithium ore under the Carolinas and the rest of the U.S. East Coast to supply U.S....
Economic Development Clean-energy groups seek reversal of Utilities Commission ruling Solar-power advocates want the N.C. Utilities Commission to reverse an order from Chairman Bill Brawley that directed Duke Energy to...
Budget & Taxes Boliek frets about Charlotte airport, stadium, water-project borrowing State Auditor Dave Boliek thinks Charlotte’s government is borrowing entirely too much money. The latest such request, reviewed and approved...
Budget & Taxes Barnes: Rocky Mount “not a good steward” Nash County’s only state senator says she filed a bill that would forbid Rocky Mount from using electric-utility revenue to...
Economic Development WARN attacks Stein Gov. Josh Stein attempted veto last year of Senate Bill 266 and its relaxation of the state’s carbon-reduction targets gets...
Economic Development “Free Our Spirits”: Group calls for ABC system change North Carolina’s liquor-control laws are antiquated and need a major overhaul, to allow more retailers to join local ABC stores...
Local Zenger on Meta Meta’s lobbyists “introduced us” to the idea of adding app stores to the list of online platforms that will have...
Economic Development Data-center tax breaks inch closer to chopping block It’s looking increasingly possible state officials will reel in at least some of tax breaks and other incentives they’ve made...
Economic Development Lumbee clarify casino-vote eligibility Lumbee tribe leaders say their initial announcement about the upcoming membership vote on casinos was “confusing” and have clarified it...
Local McDowell-brokered pardon target of probe A trio of Congressional Democrats say they’re going to investigate one of President Trump’s pardons that prominent North Carolina and...
Economic Development Hall: Don’t ask legislators for more I-77 dollars House Speaker Destin Hall doesn’t want to see the ongoing controversy about how and whether to widen Interstate 77 around...
Local Lumbee clarify casino-vote eligibility Lumbee tribe leaders say their initial announcement about the upcoming membership vote on casinos was “confusing” and have clarified it...
Local McDowell-brokered pardon target of probe A trio of Congressional Democrats say they’re going to investigate one of President Trump’s pardons that prominent North Carolina and...
Local Hall on I-77 House Speaker Destin Hall doesn’t want to see the ongoing controversy about how and whether to widen Interstate 77 around...
Budget & Taxes Zenger on Meta Meta’s lobbyists “introduced us” to the idea of adding app stores to the list of online platforms that will have...