Budget & Taxes House panel backs unemployment benefit increase Meanwhile, the House Finance Committee moved its first piece of legislation, endorsing a bill that would raise unemployment insurance payouts...
Local Helene aid Tuesday’s markup of the House’s latest hurricane recovery package underscored the continuing difference between the parties on how best to...
Local Stein team refines Helene housing-rebuild strategy Monday’s meeting of Gov. Stein’s hurricane-recovery panel also yielded new information about the state’s intended approach to using about $1.4...
Health Care Novo Nordisk facing shareholder lawsuit Novo Nordisk finds itself the target of at least one shareholder lawsuit over disappointing clinical-trial results for a new weight-loss...
Local Hurricane strategy Senate Deputy President Pro Tem Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell, confirmed Monday that his chamber will draft its own next-steps hurricane relief...
Local Repair money for Helene-damaged prisons on table Gov. Josh Stein and House leaders both are proposing to spend money to repair two state prisons in western North...
Local Rabon proposes new brooms for DMV Senate Rules chair Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, and 11 of his GOP caucus colleagues have put forward a plan to reorganize...
Health Care Hospital needs Here at the Trib and Business North Carolina, we’ve been puzzling over the 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan and its...
Local Couch rolls out first project for de-annexed land Business North Carolina’s Chris Burritt reports that developer David Couch selected nearly 80 acres near northwestern Greensboro’s watershed as the...
Health Care Tiered rates ahead for State Health Plan members? State Treasurer Brad Briner and his aides are going to ask trustees of the State Health Plan today for permission...
Health Care Burgin health-insurance mandate cap advances Sen. Jim Burgin’s attempt to cap the number of health-insurance mandates embedded in state law cleared its first two committee...
Local Housing study findings It’s not news that North Carolina has a housing shortage, but the NC Chamber, the N.C. Home Builders Association and...
Education Community colleges’ Boost With help from a $35.6 million foundation grant, N.C. Community Colleges leaders are launching an effort they think will help...
Local Toyota factory ready to start deliveries Toyota’s $13.9 billion battery factory near Liberty will start shipping product in April, company CFO Yoichi Miyazaki said Wednesday as...
Budget & Taxes House refines its latest Helene bill State House leaders have come up with an initial plan for spending the additional $500 million they want to allot...