Local Fourth try the charm for sawmill deregulation? Rep. Karl Gillespie, R-Macon, is having another try at getting legislators to pass a bill that would allow the use...
Education NCInnovation update NCInnovation’s handling of the private grants it’s received and the research grants it’s distributed both followed state law, a report...
Local Rabon and Mecklenburg’s transit tax Here at the Trib and Business North Carolina, we’ve been curious about why Senate Rules chair Bill Rabon, R-New Hanover,...
Education NC State’s next chancellor on deck UNC system sources say the Board of Governors will meet early next week to ratify the selection of NC State...
Local Power update The Senate has passed and sent to the House its proposal to eliminate the 70% interim carbon-reduction goal legislators handed...
Local A new use for Charlotte tennis subsides? A House spending bill looks to claw back and reallocate $20 million the budget for the 2023-25 biennium earmarked for...
Local Hurricane bill heads to conference The General Assembly’s latest hurricane-relief bill encountered what’s probably a temporary setback this week when the House decided it wouldn’t...
Local GE Aerospace bets big on N.C., again Jet engine maker GE Aerospace says it’s going to invest nearly $1 billion in adding capacity to its U.S. factories...
Local Power struggle Eliminating the state’s interim carbon-reduction goal would slow the development of solar- and wind-energy projects over the next decade or...
Education NCI touts BOG-member support The folks at NCInnovation want the world to know that despite their battle with UNC System Board of Governors member...
Education Berger and Belichick Senate leader Phil Berger has confirmed his role in the recruitment of UNC Chapel Hill head football coach Bill Belichick,...
Education A warning to the UNC system The Trump administration has warned the UNC System that it has to take “immediate and appropriate action” against any harassment...
Budget & Taxes Transylvania looking to boost Ecusta redevelopment There’s a move afoot to set up a rural development authority in Transylvania County to facilitate the redevelopment of the...
Budget & Taxes Senate seeks repeal of interim carbon-reduction goal Senate leaders are pushing forward a bill that would eliminate the 2030 “interim goal” of a 70% reduction in carbon...
Education Poole leaves NCSEEA to work for UNC System President Peter Hans Andrea Poole stepped down as executive director of the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to become chief of staff...