Ray Gronberg
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A House bill for Charlotte’s transit funding
There are now two bills pending in the General Assembly that would give Mecklenburg County via referendum to add up...
Raleigh’s runway
The Triangle’s “most important two miles of pavement” is a case study for why the juice isn’t worth the squeeze...
Taking the politics out of local land-use battles?
Lewisville Republican Rep. Jeff Zenger and nearly two dozen of his colleagues want local officials to face civil-court liability, for...
Student-visa pullbacks “federal issues,” Berger says
Senate leader Phil Berger isn’t signaling any intention to go to bat with the state’s Congressional delegation for the international...
Berger and the budget
The Senate will release its draft of the budget for the 2025-27 biennium Monday night, Senate leader Phil Berger says....
PBM update
The Senate’s getting into the pharmacy benefits manager game. On Thursday, the chamber’s Health Care committee endorsed Senate Bill 479,...
Solar-farm limits debated
Advocates for the solar-power industry are deploying property-rights arguments to oppose a bill pending in the House Agriculture and Environment...
Flood plains
A mountain-county senator says if state officials want to exempt the reconstruction of Helene-damaged buildings from flood-protection rules, they also...
Sen. Measmer, arriving soon
Cabarrus County Commissioners Chairman Chris Measmer will take former Sen. Paul Newton’s seat, once Gov. Josh Stein formalizes the choice...
More Selectsites on tap?
Tuesday’s Senate Commerce hearing on Senate Bill 664 also saw members agree to use the bill as a vehicle to...
JMACs and tire makers
The Senate’s Commerce and Insurance committee has endorsed a bill that’s designed to give a couple of tire manufacturers a...
Friendship with trade-war targets?
Just in time for a global trade war, House members have proposed a pair of resolutions that profess the state’s...
“Paper towns”
The “paper towns” debate has reared its head again, thanks to a development-related quarrel in Alexander County. Some residents of...
