Ray Gronberg
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Duke paid no federal income tax in 2025
Duke Energy and three other large, North Carolina-headquartered corporations paid no federal income tax in 2025, a Washington-based advocacy group...
House panel shelves hospital-taxation proposals
The House’s property tax committee wrapped up its pre-session work on Wednesday without offering any endorsement of the idea of...
First State Health Plan claims-processing RFP comes a cropper
State Treasurer Brad Briner’s staff needs to send out a new RFP for a State Health Plan claims processor because...
UNC Wilmington pushing for new med school
Officials at UNC Wilmington want the university to set up its own standalone medical school, and have a plan they...
Utilities commissioners: power-rate loophole is anti-consumer
A state law that allows Duke Energy to file rate plans lasting less than three years is anti-consumer, according to two...
Pew frets about state reserves
North Carolina’s primary rainy-day fund had $3.6 billion as of last summer, which would fund about 42 days’ worth of...
Ferguson set to replace Clampitt in House
Republican leaders in Jackson, Swain and Transylvania counties have picked Anna Ferguson to fill out the balance of the late...
Lumbee gearing up for summer casino vote
Lumbee leaders are preparing an amendment to the tribal constitution that would give the tribe’s enrolled members the promised chance...
Plymouth hospital endorses nurse-practice bills
A coastal hospital has joined the groups advocating for a relaxation of the state’s restrictions on advanced-practice nurses. Washington Regional...
Get to know Rep. Monika Johnson-Hostler
Rep. Monika Johnson-Hostler is in her first term in the state House but is no stranger to public service. The...
UNC Chapel Hill: We’re not investigating students
UNC Chapel Hill officials have walked back a vice provost’s statement that they’re investigating the student group Hill After Hours...
Auditor praises Baptist home repairs in WNC
State Auditor Dave Boliek says Baptists on Mission’s taxpayer-subsidized home-repair effort in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene has complied...
UNC workforce report sees big gap in engineering-grad numbers
North Carolina’s public universities mint lots of new engineers every year, but a UNC System analysis says they’re still not...
