Education The arguing about where to put the Dean Dome’s replacement has already begun In the that-didn’t-take-long department, there’s a petition circulating in Chapel Hill that opposes the idea of building UNC Chapel Hill’s...
Local Greensboro considering Couch annexation request Greensboro’s Planning and Zoning Commission has unanimously endorsed the idea of the Triad city annexing 78.5 acres of developer David...
Local Farm loans and banks A group of House Republicans wants to punish banks and credit unions if their views on the environmental lead them...
Budget & Taxes House trying again on foreign-adversary controls House leaders are going to have another stab at passing a bill that would greatly restrict the ability of Chinese...
Budget & Taxes Bill calls for NCInnovation clawback A quartet of House members want to terminate the state’s involvement with NCInnovation and reclaim the $500 million the legislature...
Elections Berger: “I intend to run” Senate leader Phil Berger says he’s going to run for another term as the senator for Rockingham and rural Guilford...
Local Grants and loans for Western NC N.C. Bankers Association President Peter Gwaltney says there “needs to be a healthy debate” on the question of the state’s...
Local Crop losses N.C. House members are looking at setting up a $475 million program to insulate farmers from disaster-related crop losses that...
Local State lands factories for Hoke, Vance counties State officials have deployed a couple of One North Carolina grants to seal the deal on two recruiting efforts that...
Elections Berger-Page: The warm-up So if he runs again, Senate leader Phil Berger will have a home-county opponent in the GOP primary, Rockingham County...
Local Court of Appeals rules against company police In October, I wrote about a couple of cases involving the performance or prerogatives of private law-enforcement agencies operating under...
Budget & Taxes Revenue forecast sets stage for budget talks The first domino in the state’s budget process for the 2025-27 biennium has fallen with issuance of the joint executive/legislative...
Elections Stein announces additional staff hires Gov. Josh Stein has added 10 more people to his senior staff, bringing on board more veterans of predecessor Roy...
Local Both parties scorned in Meredith Poll Folks are pouring over the latest Meredith Poll results, which the school announced on Thursday and among other things show...
Education UNCC scores $7.2M for measurement center UNC Charlotte will get a $7.2 million gift to help pay for the work of the university’s Center for Precision Metrology, officials...