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Stein’s budget
Gov. Josh Stein’s suggested budget for the 2025-27 biennium is out, and even though it’s dead on arrival in the...
REINS Act would change regulatory approvals
House members have advanced a bill that would require explicit General Assembly approval of any state regulation that’s likely to...
State leaders backing Howell
The UNC System’s selection of Kevin Howell as the next chancellor of NC State University is winning support from across...
Health insurance
It’s looking like House and Senate leaders aren’t on the same page about how to go about regulating health insurers’...
Chambers gear up for healthcare cost push
Senate leaders are signaling that they’re going start pushing a pair of health-related bills through the chamber this week. They’ve...
Senators pursuing flood-rule rebuilding exemption
You’ll remember that at a recent joint oversight hearing, Rep. Karl Gillespie, R-Macon, and Sen. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, complained that...
Report: Honda to buy NC-produced Toyota batteries
Toyota’s $13.9 billion battery factory near Liberty is reportedly about to acquire a new customer — Honda. Tokyo-based Nikkei Asia...
Fourth try the charm for sawmill deregulation?
Rep. Karl Gillespie, R-Macon, is having another try at getting legislators to pass a bill that would allow the use...
NCInnovation update
NCInnovation’s handling of the private grants it’s received and the research grants it’s distributed both followed state law, a report...
Rabon and Mecklenburg’s transit tax
Here at the Trib and Business North Carolina, we’ve been curious about why Senate Rules chair Bill Rabon, R-New Hanover,...
NC State’s next chancellor on deck
UNC system sources say the Board of Governors will meet early next week to ratify the selection of NC State...
Power update
The Senate has passed and sent to the House its proposal to eliminate the 70% interim carbon-reduction goal legislators handed...
A new use for Charlotte tennis subsides?
A House spending bill looks to claw back and reallocate $20 million the budget for the 2023-25 biennium earmarked for...
