Local NYC group donates land to the Lumbee The New York City-based Open Space Institute says it’s acquired a 1,392-acre chunk of Robeson County and donated it to...
Local Bilfinger and Cargill, in court A divided state Court of Appeals panel has declined to force a global construction and engineering company into arbitration with...
Local House votes to ease bidder minimums House members want to relax the traditional requirement that cities, counties and other arms of the state obtain at least...
Budget & Taxes All about DAVE For Senate leaders, Wednesday was all about Dave — Boliek, the state auditor, and DAVE, the legislation President Pro Tem...
Health Care House tries again on PBMs The House is mounting a renewed effort to put some restrictions on the business practices of the pharmacy benefit managers...
Local Lilley confirmation hearing The confirmation process for state Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley got underway on Tuesday, with questions from a Senate panel that...
Local Treasurer’s office pairs up with OpenAI State Treasurer Brad Briner’s office has launched a 12-week experiment with San Francisco-based OpenAI to figure out if the company’s...
Local Duke details nuke prospects Duke Energy has three sites suitable for the construction of large nuclear reactors, but the best prospect of the trio...
Local Antitrust Duke Energy has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate decision that reinstated a competing power provider’s antitrust...
Local Burgin files another bill targeting AI Republicans have been making news this session for their interest in narrowing the scope of the state attorney general’s authority....
Local Credit unions House members are trying once again to loosen some of the reins that limit the operations of North Carolina credit...
Education NCCU gets a rough audit State Auditor Dave Boliek says N.C. Central University’s bookkeeping for fiscal 2023-24 was riddled with more than $45 million in...
Budget & Taxes Senate bill filings and housing This week’s Senate bill-filing deadline brought forth hundreds of new or recycled legislative proposals, including quite a few that address...
Health Care Senate health bill passes Senators have sent the House their latest attempt to reduce healthcare costs. Senate Bill 316 cleared the chamber Thursday on...
Local Boliek, Cooper and DMV State Auditor Dave Boliek has told at least one county GOP group his office’s ongoing audit of the Division of...