Budget & Taxes Auditors: CATS riders jump fares as often as not As of late 2025, about 45% of the people who ride Charlotte’s buses and trains weren’t paying the CATS system’s...
Elections Hall reports raising $1.9M for 2026 elections Outgoing Senate leader Phil Berger is still the General Assembly’s champion fundraiser, but House Speaker Destin Hall is shaping up...
Elections Boliek reports on off-year election costs Taxpayers in most of the state shouldered $8.4 million in costs for 2025’s off-year city and town elections, State Auditor...
Elections Lee top fundraiser among would-be Bergers The four men most often mentioned as potential successors to Phil Berger as the next Senate president pro tem between...
Economic Development Opposition to ABC pricing plan steps up North Carolina’s leading trade group for the restaurant industry has sharpened its attack on a prospective move by the state...
Local Smith won’t take NC Ports board seat Morehead City businessman Harry Smith has changed his mind and won’t be serving on the State Ports Authority board. Gov....
Local North Carolina has a new court State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby has begun staffing up a new family court modeled on North Carolina’s Business...
Economic Development Chamber sees need for state maritime-industry strategy North Carolina’s maritime sector is a considerable economic asset, but it could benefit from a more cohesive strategy and, in...
Economic Development Paper mill troubles leaked into Columbus Co. budget Budget problems in Columbus County’s government are traceable in part to the loss of about $2.6 million in potential yearly...
Education Feds probe admissions practices at ECU med school The U.S. Department of Education is investigating whether East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine’s admissions practices amount to racial discrimination. ECU’s...
Economic Development JetZero looking for more federal aid JetZero says it and the federal Export-Import Bank have agreed to “explore” a deal that could bring up to $3...
Education UNC System worries about campus sports-program finances Financial sustainability is a worry for college sports programs at six of the UNC System’s universities, to the point system...
Economic Development American Efficient files for Chapter 11 Durham-based American Efficient has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to reorganize its debts in the face of its...
Economic Development Duke cuts rate-increase ask after talks with advocates Duke Energy has once again lowered its requested rate increase for 2027 and 2028, dropping it to an average 7.4%...
Health Care Atrium sounds off on State Health Plan strategy Atrium Health is finally speaking out about its exclusion from the State Health Plan’s preferred-provider list — and it’s not...
