Ray Gronberg
Recent Stories
N.C.’s investment kitty, checked
State Auditor Dave Boliek reports that the state treasurer’s office was managing $172.8 billion in cash and investments for the...
Poll finds opposition to part of Senate energy bill
A Michigan-based interest group says a poll it commissioned found widespread opposition to the idea of allowing companies like Duke...
Wolfspeed faces shareholder lawsuits
My boss, Dave Mildenberg, took a look last week at Wolfspeed’s problems, which include a widely-shorted stock and a $575...
State of education
The folks at Best NC issued their 2025 state education fact book. There’s a lot of data in there, culled...
Boom staying home for engine-test work
Boom Supersonic has announced that it will test key components of the engines for its planned supersonic airliner at a...
HUD approves plan for Helene CDBG aid
The Trump administration has signed off on North Carolina’s plan to deploy $1.4 billion in CDBG disaster recovery money to...
Berger on the children’s hospital
The Senate’s budget, passed on Friday, contains $638 million in additional state spending for the new children’s hospital the UNC...
Home bill moves forward
While the Senate was haggling over its budget proposal Wednesday evening, a House committee was endorsing a bill that could...
Measmer moves in
Cabarrus County’s new state senator, Chris Measmer, took the oath of office on Tuesday and is now on the job...
House bill targets Charlotte Water river draw
Charlotte Water’s interest in obtaining an additional 30 million gallons a day allocation of Catawba River basin water continues to...
Flood repair
A proposal to give victims of “historic flood events” like Hurricane Helene a building-code waiver so they can rebuild in...
Senate offers Heels, Wolfpack a trade
Senate Republicans are willing to give the UNC Chapel Hill and NC State athletic programs a piece of North Carolina’s...
A bigger role for the Guard after disasters?
Senate Republicans want the N.C. National Guard’s commander to take charge of state’s emergency response team in future disasters like...
