Local Power players North Carolina’s top energy-market watchdog believes the increasing demands for electricity from of data centers, factories and other large-load business...
Local As Cabarrus turns … They just don’t stop having drama in Cabarrus County. The Charlotte Observer and other media outlets in the Interstate 77...
Local Appeals judges slap down Durham County project A divided N.C. Court of Appeals panel has invalidated the Durham County Commissioners’ approval of a 141-home, 288-acre “conservation subdivision”...
Local Chamber energy report North Carolina needs a quicker and more predictable approval process for power-generation and grid upgrades, no matter the technology a...
Budget & Taxes Berger shuffles oversight appointments Senate leader Phil Berger and his staff rolled out the chamber’s new joint-oversight committee assignments on Tuesday. Perhaps the biggest...
Education Troubles at school Last week, State Auditor Dave Boliek and his team issued a “rapid response report” on the causes of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth...
Local Free speech push? U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-2nd, has joined forces with a colleague from Vermont to push back on the Trump administration’s...
Local Stein, Boliek clash over veto of auditor bill Gov. Stein’s veto pen also landed Wednesday on House Bill 549, which expands the investigative authority and other powers of the state...
Local Gov. Stein vetoes bill dropping carbon goal, citing cost risks for families Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed a bill that would eliminate the state’s interim carbon-reduction goal, citing worries about future fuel costs...
Local Federal fraud dragnet yields charges in N.C. Federal prosecutors based in North Carolina have charged 13 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud. What...
Local Child care task force favors reimbursement changes Legislators ought to peg child-care subsidies to a statewide benchmark instead of letting them vary from county to county, a bipartisan...
Local Wolfspeed files for bankruptcy to cut $4.6B in debt Wolfspeed has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reduce its debt load by $4.6 billion amid continued uncertainty about whether...
Local Puppies vs. squatters One of the bills awaiting Gov. Josh Stein’s signature after June’s legislative bonanza includes a provision that would bar cities...
Local State lands two more manufacturers North Carolina’s business recruiters have notched two more wins, which between them are promising to bring 1,306 new jobs to...
Local Hall and mini-budgets Speaker Hall, by the way, believes the House and Senate will get a budget done eventually and isn’t too worried...
