Local Appeals panel upholds dismissal of air-crash lawsuit A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has sided with aircraft engine maker Continental Aerospace Technologies in a product liability...
Budget & Taxes Stein seeks money for DMV staff, office additions Gov. Josh Stein is asking legislators to take a stab at addressing the Division of Motors Vehicles’ problems by hiring...
Budget & Taxes Pensions State Treasurer Brad Briner’s and Gov. Josh Stein’s aides are at odds about the governor’s 2025-27 biennium budget request, which Briner’s team...
Education A meeting of the minds on teacher pay scales? It should almost go without saying that GOP legislators are unlikely to go along with Gov. Josh Stein’s idea of...
Local A further word on projected energy costs We’ve obtained a clarification about the $13 billion estimated savings that Sen. Paul Newton and other advocates of Senate Bill...
Budget & Taxes Stein’s budget Gov. Josh Stein’s suggested budget for the 2025-27 biennium is out, and even though it’s dead on arrival in the...
Budget & Taxes REINS Act would change regulatory approvals House members have advanced a bill that would require explicit General Assembly approval of any state regulation that’s likely to...
Education State leaders backing Howell The UNC System’s selection of Kevin Howell as the next chancellor of NC State University is winning support from across...
Health Care Health insurance It’s looking like House and Senate leaders aren’t on the same page about how to go about regulating health insurers’...
Health Care Chambers gear up for healthcare cost push Senate leaders are signaling that they’re going start pushing a pair of health-related bills through the chamber this week. They’ve...
Local Senators pursuing flood-rule rebuilding exemption You’ll remember that at a recent joint oversight hearing, Rep. Karl Gillespie, R-Macon, and Sen. Tim Moffitt, R-Henderson, complained that...
Local Report: Honda to buy NC-produced Toyota batteries Toyota’s $13.9 billion battery factory near Liberty is reportedly about to acquire a new customer — Honda. Tokyo-based Nikkei Asia...
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,...
