Local Bill seeks to regulate homeless encampments Rep. Brian Biggs, R-Randolph, wants the House and Senate to lay down what he calls some “clear guidance” to cities...
Local Black Caucus has a job for Boliek Legislative Black Caucus leaders want State Auditor Dave Boliek and his staff to investigate the state’s assisted-living industry. Federal data...
Local Berger on Tine Senate leader Phil Berger is voicing cautious optimism about the Stein administration’s choice of a new Division of Motor Vehicles...
Health Care Strategy uncertain for reconciling PBM bills With the House having already passed its bill to regulate pharmacy benefit managers, the Senate is on track to vote...
Local Land-use lawsuits House members would hit local governments in the pocketbook in some cases if their actions in a land-use dispute wind...
Local Stein team picks former Rep. Tine to head DMV Former state Rep. Paul Tine is set to become the next commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles. N.C. Department...
Local Water rights near Triangle focus of Senate bill Johnston County’s senator is pushing a bill he says could simplify his county’s water-resources planning. Senate Bill 605 surfaced in...
Budget & Taxes Tales from the crypto House members have approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would allow North Carolina’s treasurer to place up...
Health Care PBM bill clears House House members voted 106-9 on Tuesday to pass their chamber’s version of a bill that would put some new restrictions...
Local “Paper towns” bill advances Last year’s deannexation of a portion of Summerfield may prompt a broader review of the state’s minimum-services “paper towns” originally...
Budget & Taxes The push to crossover has begun But it remains to be seen whether one of the session’s potentially most significant and controversial pieces of legislation, House...
Budget & Taxes N.C.’s investment kitty, checked State Auditor Dave Boliek reports that the state treasurer’s office was managing $172.8 billion in cash and investments for the...
Budget & Taxes Poll finds opposition to part of Senate energy bill A Michigan-based interest group says a poll it commissioned found widespread opposition to the idea of allowing companies like Duke...
Local Wolfspeed faces shareholder lawsuits My boss, Dave Mildenberg, took a look last week at Wolfspeed’s problems, which include a widely-shorted stock and a $575...
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...
