Local Senate unveils aid program for shrimpers Senators on Thursday passed and sent on to the House the bill that would bar shrimp trawling in Pamlico Sound...
Local NC Legislature passes bill easing nuclear expansion for Duke Energy A bill that backers hope will make it easier for Duke Energy to meet the state’s carbon-reduction targets by building...
Local Shrimp trawling spawns wild floor debate Pending a third-reading vote today, the Senate’s on the verge of supporting a ban on shrimp trawling in North Carolina...
Local House approves Mecklenburg transit tax referendum 102-6 House members have voted 102-6 in favor of giving Mecklenburg County permission to call a referendum on raising the local-option sales tax...
Local Hall addresses JetZero appropriation House Speaker Destin Hall says a $450 million special appropriation for the JetZero project at Piedmont Triad International Airport is...
Local Discharge petition foiled Agriculture committee Democrats like Sens. Julie Mayfield of Buncombe County and Lisa Grafstein of Wake County sat quietly through the...
Local Senate clash erupts over shrimp trawling ban near NC coast An all-out crustacean and fish fight broke out Tuesday in the Senate Agriculture committee, thanks to a move by some...
Local Senate Dems to push for vote on House Helene bill Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch came to her current post believing her caucus needs “to be more bullish” and aggressive...
Local Carolina governors oppose offshore drilling Gov. Josh Stein and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster have joined forces to urge the Trump administration to maintain a...
Health Care UNC Health sues Humana and Aetna over Medicare drug reimbursement cuts UNC Health has sued two of the country’s top health insurers, seeking to recoup alleged shortfalls in Medicare Advantage reimbursements....
Local Battle lines reemerge on housing bill Hard on the heels of the NC Chamber warning legislators it’s scoring them on how they vote on the zoning-policy changes embedded...
Budget & Taxes Stein signs law revamping N.C. investment oversight Gov. Josh Stein has signed into law House Bill 506, which revamps the way North Carolina and its treasurer will manage...
Local JetZero picks Greensboro’s PTI for factory thanks to runway, room to grow There are a few more odds and ends to deal with about JetZero’s decision to build a factory at Piedmont Triad International...
Budget & Taxes House Dems split on energy bill A 75-36 House vote has put the session’s major energy policy bill back in the hands of the Senate. Senate...
Local House Reg Reform backs revised housing bill Acknowledging that it remains controversial, members of a House committee have advanced a bill that would revamp state zoning policy...
