Ray Gronberg
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Flood plains
A mountain-county senator says if state officials want to exempt the reconstruction of Helene-damaged buildings from flood-protection rules, they also...
Sen. Measmer, arriving soon
Cabarrus County Commissioners Chairman Chris Measmer will take former Sen. Paul Newton’s seat, once Gov. Josh Stein formalizes the choice...
More Selectsites on tap?
Tuesday’s Senate Commerce hearing on Senate Bill 664 also saw members agree to use the bill as a vehicle to...
JMACs and tire makers
The Senate’s Commerce and Insurance committee has endorsed a bill that’s designed to give a couple of tire manufacturers a...
Friendship with trade-war targets?
Just in time for a global trade war, House members have proposed a pair of resolutions that profess the state’s...
“Paper towns”
The “paper towns” debate has reared its head again, thanks to a development-related quarrel in Alexander County. Some residents of...
Seats for some high-ROI degrees go begging
Some of the UNC System’s academic programs struggle to enroll students even though their graduates likely would see a high...
Bill cabins school libraries by grade level
A parental-rights-in-education bill would bar K-12 school libraries in state and charter schools from carrying books that are beyond the...
Provost Clemens stepping down at UNC-CH
UNC Chapel Hill is in the midst of changing provosts. The incumbent, Chris Clemens, is stepping down on May 16....
Power lines
The Southeast’s major utilities are lagging when it comes to planning regional transmission lines and connections that could improve the...
Dems weigh in on the DAVE Act
Both sides had a bit more to say Thursday about Senate Bill 474, the so-called DAVE Act that would create...
Stein and the legislature
Gov. Josh Stein’s approach to dealing with legislators is winning praise from the top Republicans in both chambers of the...
Harrigan targets GNC
One of North Carolina’s congressmen wants to ban GNC from operating stores on the country’s military bases. U.S. Rep. Pat...
