Elections Easley Jr. joins Golden LEAF board Among former Gov. Roy Cooper’s last moves was to appoint Michael Easley Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of...
Elections Hunt stocks staff with campaign vets Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt has hired Meghan Quick, a former fundraising director for the Senate Democratic Caucus, to serve as...
Budget & Taxes Inflation risk still confronts the Fed, UNCC economist says The Federal Reserve needs to clamp down on inflation now even if the cost is pushing the U.S. economy into...
Local NC Chamber economic forecast The Federal Reserve needs to clamp down on inflation now even if the cost is pushing the U.S. economy into...
Local Easley Jr. named to Golden LEAF board Among former Gov. Roy Cooper’s last moves was to appoint Michael Easley Jr., the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of...
Elections Hunt stocks staff with campaign veterans Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt has hired Meghan Quick, a former fundraising director for the Senate Democratic Caucus, to serve as...
Local California and disaster aid Speaking of California, it’s probably a good time to note that every member of that state’s congressional delegation who voted...
Local Causey and California The main lesson of the ongoing fires in California is that it’s counterproductive to “artificially hold down the true cost...
Local NCInnovation picks Wells to manage endowment The board of NCInnovation has hired Wells Fargo to serve as the nonprofit’s investment adviser. The move came last week,...
Local N.C. League of Municipalities and downzoning To a complete lack of surprise in some quarters I’m sure, the folks at the N.C. League of Municipalities wants...
Local Whither I-40? Business North Carolina and N.C. Tribune reader Matthew Eisley is at it again, urging officials to take Hurricane Helene as...
Elections Stein lays out agenda Gov. Josh Stein’s inaugural address on Saturday stressed hurricane recovery, economic development, education and public safety in an appeal for...
Local Downzoning Senate leader Phil Berger has signaled he’s open to at least considering changes to a provision in Senate Bill 382...
Local RealPage anti-trust lawsuit update You’ll recall that back in August, lawyers for the federal government, North Carolina and seven other states filed an anti-trust...
Elections Senate committee assignments set When Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters after session on Wednesday that he’d have committee assignments finished this week, he...