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Education

State of education

The folks at Best NC issued their 2025 state education fact book. There’s a lot of data in there, culled...
Health Care

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...
Local

Home bill moves forward

While the Senate was haggling over its budget proposal Wednesday evening, a House committee was endorsing a bill that could...
Local

Measmer moves in

Cabarrus County’s new state senator, Chris Measmer, took the oath of office on Tuesday and is now on the job...
Local

Flood repair

A proposal to give victims of “historic flood events” like Hurricane Helene a building-code waiver so they can rebuild in...
Local

Solar power

Rep. Jimmy Dixon, R-Duplin, has scaled back a bill that that aims to curb the use of farmland for solar-power...
Budget & Taxes

The Senate’s budget, unveiled

The Senate’s budget proposal for the 2025-27 biennium is going to include $638 million in additional funding for the new...
Local

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In my Henderson Dispatch days, I drove home along U.S. 1 down to Interstate 540 about four times. A couple...