Budget & Taxes Tax bill on the move, despite R&D complaints House and Senate Republicans are poised to pass an omnibus tax bill that will also allow credit unions to broaden...
Economic Development Chamber report warns of Canada/Mexico trade instability The Trump administration’s approach to trade relations with Canada and Mexico risks destabilizing markets that accounted for nearly a third...
Economic Development Compromise struck on hotel-tax use House and Senate members have passed two bills intended to settle the debate about hotel-tax policy created by a recent...
Economic Development Sawyer I-77 amendment still up in the air Senators advanced an omnibus bill for the N.C. Department of Transportation on Wednesday without tacking on language to punish Charlotte-area...
Economic Development Utilities commissioner excluded from vote on Duke Energy plans N.C. Utilities Commission member Donald van der Vaart can’t vote on the next version of Duke Energy’s Carolinas Resource Plan...
Health Care Burgin healthcare bill mired in Senate Sen. Jim Burgin’s healthcare reform bill cleared another hurdle on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether it’ll eventually got to the...
Economic Development Housing-policy items dropped from Senate reg-reform bill Senators have removed two proposals intended to bolster housing construction from another regulatory reform bill that’s making it way through...
Economic Development Casino opponents target Lumbee referendum Former House Speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam and businessman Bob Luddy are speaking up against the Lumbee’s prospective move to...
Health Care CON battles in Winston-Salem and Wilmington North Carolina hospital chains Atrium Health and Cone Health say they’ve filed certificate-of-need applications with the state for major projects...
Local Charlotte gets a new consultancy There’s a new lobbying/strategy shop in Charlotte. Colton Overcash announced on Monday the public launch of Vertex Strategies, which he...
Economic Development Durham Chamber: Nuance needed on data centers Durham’s Chamber of Commerce is warning city and county officials against going overboard with restrictions on data centers. It’s urging...
Health Care Social-media regs wait in the wings Legislators are close to getting a bill to regulate teens’ access to “addictive social media platforms” and applications across the...
Elections The (bleep) word Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, posted a two-minute Instagram video this week that included about a dozen bleeped profanities...
Local Ban on homeless camps incoming? It’s looking increasingly likely that the Senate will get behind a proposal to ban homeless encampments, and give the job...
Budget & Taxes ABC plans quick-turnaround pricing study The State ABC Commission has ordered its staff to conduct “a thorough study of minimum baseline pricing” for liquor, with...
