Local why North Carolina’s budget Is late (again): no deadline, no referee, real disagreements Writing a state-affairs newsletter and being a disc jockey are jobs that have more in common than most may think....
Local House tries again to loosen credit-union restrictions House members before leaving for their summer break wrote their approach to a partial deregulation of North Carolina-chartered credit unions...
Local Tillis drops re-election bid North Carolina is going to have a wide-open U.S. Senate race in 2026. Incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis has announced that...
Local Farm Act advances without raw milk, liability provisions; key land use rules still in play Plenty of bills cleared the House and Senate before members left town on Thursday for the summer break, but some...
Local Legislators finish work on Charlotte transit bill Also awaiting Gov. Josh Stein’s attention is House Bill 948, the bill that would authorize a Mecklenburg County sales-tax referendum to...
Uncategorized PBM bill landing on Stein’s desk After some false starts in previous sessions, the House and Senate have finally come to an agreement on how to...
Local NC lawmakers approve Helene aid bill, drop business grants and spark criticism House and Senate members on Thursday sent a new Helene-recovery bill to Gov. Josh Stein, but its compromise language dropped a House-proposed...
Local Senate tinkers with transit bill Senators voted 42-4 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would give Mecklenburg County permission to hold a referendum on...
Local NC House kills shrimp-trawling ban after public pushback The shrimp-trawl ban is dead. Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort, said the result of a lengthy House Republican caucus on Wednesday afternoon...
Local House forces conference on Helene package The House has declined to go along with the Senates changes to the latest Hurricane Helene relief package and instead...
Local Software company picks Raleigh for new office A Los Angeles-based software company that aims to help construction companies complete projects faster plans to establish a third hub...
Local Duke gets DOE dispensation to meet heat wave It’s hot outside — Mojave hot — and electricity providers up and down the East Coast are having to work hard to...
Local Water-transfer moratorium advances Legislation that would temporarily block Charlotte’s attempt to claim a bigger share of the Catawba River’s water for itself is...
Local “Carolinas Finest Seafood” Shortly before reaching the capitol Tuesday morning, I passed a long line of trucks parked along the left side of...
Local Boliek: Let DMV hire more license examiners State Auditor Dave Boliek says his staff’s review of the Division of Motor Vehicles has confirmed that the agency’s driver...
