Local Treasurer’s office pairs up with OpenAI State Treasurer Brad Briner’s office has launched a 12-week experiment with San Francisco-based OpenAI to figure out if the company’s...
Local Duke details nuke prospects Duke Energy has three sites suitable for the construction of large nuclear reactors, but the best prospect of the trio...
Local Antitrust Duke Energy has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate decision that reinstated a competing power provider’s antitrust...
Local Burgin files another bill targeting AI Republicans have been making news this session for their interest in narrowing the scope of the state attorney general’s authority....
Local Credit unions House members are trying once again to loosen some of the reins that limit the operations of North Carolina credit...
Education NCCU gets a rough audit State Auditor Dave Boliek says N.C. Central University’s bookkeeping for fiscal 2023-24 was riddled with more than $45 million in...
Budget & Taxes Senate bill filings and housing This week’s Senate bill-filing deadline brought forth hundreds of new or recycled legislative proposals, including quite a few that address...
Health Care Senate health bill passes Senators have sent the House their latest attempt to reduce healthcare costs. Senate Bill 316 cleared the chamber Thursday on...
Local Boliek, Cooper and DMV State Auditor Dave Boliek has told at least one county GOP group his office’s ongoing audit of the Division of...
Local RTI announces big layoff RTI International says cuts in federal funding will lead to 525 permanent layoffs at its Durham office, many without the...
Budget & Taxes Treasurer’s investment revamp filed State Treasurer Brad Briner’s said on numerous occasions that he thinks the state needs to move away from the “single...
Local Port-call fees North Carolina’s ports in Wilmington and Morehead City could face dire consequences if the federal government imposes massive port-call fees...
Education Continuing ed cuts for the professions? A trio senators wants to reduces the number of continuing-education courses people in a long list of licensed professions have...
Education School calendars: Peace in our time? For years now, the Senate’s been the place where bills that would give school districts flexibility to start classes in...
Education Newton stepping down Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, is retiring from the Senate as of 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the chamber’s GOP caucus...