Local Hudson pipes up against town halls Finally, we note that national media outlets are reporting that U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-9th, recently counseled his GOP colleagues...
Local State ports working with new shipping alliances There’s both “risk and opportunity” for North Carolina’s ports in a new alignment of some of the world’s major shipping...
Local Heirship properties, red tape and Helene Legislators can help the Hurricane Helene recovery effort by cutting some of the red tape that surrounds heirship properties and...
Budget & Taxes Crypto update The thing about speed humps is, once they’re in the rear view, you can hit the gas. So it seems...
Local Tolls, predators and transparency Two legislators who represent parts of Mecklenburg County had some cautionary words for N.C. Turnpike Authority officials who are sizing...
Local Odds and ends March 6 Sen. Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe, isn’t particularly buying the idea that the state constitution’s ban on “exclusive or separate emoluments” rules...
Local House panel briefed on PFAS fight Officials are hoping to destroy about 60,000 gallons of PFAS-containing firefighting foam that fire departments around the state no longer...
Local Senate revises Helene bill Senators on Tuesday rolled out their version of the latest Hurricane Helene relief package for western North Carolina, positioning it...
Budget & Taxes Digital assets One of House Speaker Destin Hall’s flagship pieces of legislation hit a speed bump in the chamber’s Commerce and Economic...
Local Budd floats port-security bill North Carolina U.S. Sen. Ted Budd is wading into the port-security issue. Budd recently joined forces with Florida U.S. Sen.,...
Health Care Cabarrus County’s dueling hospital projects Novant Health says its $336.4 million proposal to build a 50-bed acute-care hospital on the southwestern outskirts of Kannapolis is...
Health Care Duke and Novant collaboration Only about a month after entering a joint venture with UNC Health on a new children’s hospital, Duke Health says...
Education UNC System adopts new protest policy UNC’s Board of Governors has ratified a new campus-protest policy that requires protest organizers to give administrators at their campus...
Local Proposal renews call for cap on corporate home buys A proposal to restrict corporate purchases of single-family housing that surfaced and got quickly pigeonholed in the House in 2023...
Health Care A battle for beds in Cabarrus County Medical providers have filed new certificate-of-need applications that could result in almost $772 million of capital spending if all their projects...
