Local Mecklenburg sales tax transit bill clears first hurdle in NC House Mecklenburg County’s drive for permission to hold a referendum on raising its local-option sales tax to pay for more transit...
Local Help for distillers? The House’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for distillers to share premises and...
Local Senators contemplate PFAS compensation It appears the Senate could take up a House bill that’s designed to force Chemours to compensate the public water systems that...
Local Zoning overhaul stalls, but key changes resurface in revised bill A major zoning-policy revamp, House Bill 765, has probably reached the end of the road for this session, even if some...
Local A Diamond Heels polar what-if Finally, a fun little item for the baseball fans amongst us: New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso says he wanted to be...
Local More on that shower in Swannanoa Gov. Josh Stein and other executive-branch officials are pushing back on State Auditor Dave Boliek’s report that said the state...
Local Helene-recovery advisory group wants additional money to fund landslide-hazard mapping Gov. Josh Stein’s Helene-recovery advisory group wants legislators to put some money into the budget to fund additional landslide-hazard mapping and the...
Local Trump wants over-land supersonic flights legalized You’ll recall that back on May 14, North Carolina U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis joined colleagues from Utah...
Local Peebles Corp. projects stumble in Durham and Charlotte amid rising costs, delays Local government leaders in both Durham and Charlotte are trying to figure out how to get a couple of long-stalled...
Health Care An impasse with CVS Caremark? State Treasurer Brad Briner and his aides say the State Health Plan’s relationship with its pharmacy benefits manager, CVS Caremark, has...
Local Another data center, this time in Madison With Amazon announces plans for a $10 billion data center campus, a similar $1 billion project on the other side...
Budget & Taxes Boliek rains on a shower State Auditor Dave Boliek’s staff estimates that it cost the state $27.4 million for a Texas-based contractor to install and operate a...
Local Senate overhauls House Healthcare Bill, adds price transparency and limits AI in coverage denials Today’s going to be an odds-and-ends kinda newsletter. There’s been a lot going on that’s gotten overshadowed by the House’s...
Local A $10B data center campus for Richmond County All of the afternoon’s discussion of energy policy followed the announcement that Amazon will invest at least $10 billion in...
Local NC House advances bill to let Duke Energy recover plant costs sooner House leaders are shooting for a Tuesday floor vote on a bill that would make it easier for Duke Energy...
