Local Budd not happy with Helene aid backup Our friends at McClatchy report that North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd is increasingly unhappy with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary...
Education New FIRE campus-speech rankings released UNC Chapel Hill improved its standing in the latest FIRE campus-free-speech rankings, but the group’s surveys indicate that students are...
Elections Courthouse politics Rural-county courthouse-crowd politics. That appears the ultimate explanation for why Senate leader Phil Berger and other Republicans in Rockingham County...
Local Wolfspeed gets OK to proceed with Ch. 11 plan A federal bankruptcy judge has approved Wolfspeed’s Chapter 11 reorganization, court records and the company say. Wolfspeed CEO Robert Feurle...
Local Indiana and Duke Energy Interesting news from Indiana, where Gov. Mike Braun has signaled interest in squeezing the profits of public utilities like Duke...
Local More on foreign-trained docs My mailbag has brought forth a bit more commentary about House Bill 67, the omnibus healthcare workforce bill that among...
Elections Berger rift A group of coastal Republicans has demanded Senate leader Phil Berger’s exclusion from “any and all support from” the party,...
Local Battleship takes hit from an audit State Auditor Dave Boliek’s staff says its latest audit of the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission’s finances found a lack...
Local Farm workers debate There’s a push on to lower the mandatory wage rates farmers have to pay foreigners who avail themselves of the...
Health Care Paging Dr. Campbell Before its summer break, the General Assembly passed and Gov. Josh Stein signed a bill that made it easier for...
Education Free speech and UNC Chapel Hill UNC Chapel Hill already has the lowest standing of any of North Carolina’s state universities in the annual FIRE College Free...
Elections Hanig runs for Congress State Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, says he’s going to run for Congress, which ensures that the Senate’s GOP caucus will...
Local Asbestos ruling A divided state Court of Appeals panel has breathed new life into a set of asbestos-related worker’s comp lawsuits against...
Local Durham preps zoning change for RTP Here in the Triangle, Durham County Commissioners could face a decision late this year on whether to rezone the entirety...
Local Stein and AI Gov. Josh Stein is setting up a new “AI Leadership Council” to help craft a strategy for the state government...
