Local More Selectsites on tap? Tuesday’s Senate Commerce hearing on Senate Bill 664 also saw members agree to use the bill as a vehicle to...
Local JMACs and tire makers The Senate’s Commerce and Insurance committee has endorsed a bill that’s designed to give a couple of tire manufacturers a...
Local Friendship with trade-war targets? Just in time for a global trade war, House members have proposed a pair of resolutions that profess the state’s...
Local “Paper towns” The “paper towns” debate has reared its head again, thanks to a development-related quarrel in Alexander County. Some residents of...
Education Seats for some high-ROI degrees go begging Some of the UNC System’s academic programs struggle to enroll students even though their graduates likely would see a high...
Education Bill cabins school libraries by grade level A parental-rights-in-education bill would bar K-12 school libraries in state and charter schools from carrying books that are beyond the...
Education Provost Clemens stepping down at UNC-CH UNC Chapel Hill is in the midst of changing provosts. The incumbent, Chris Clemens, is stepping down on May 16....
Local Power lines The Southeast’s major utilities are lagging when it comes to planning regional transmission lines and connections that could improve the...
Local Dems weigh in on the DAVE Act Both sides had a bit more to say Thursday about Senate Bill 474, the so-called DAVE Act that would create...
Budget & Taxes Stein and the legislature Gov. Josh Stein’s approach to dealing with legislators is winning praise from the top Republicans in both chambers of the...
Local Harrigan targets GNC One of North Carolina’s congressmen wants to ban GNC from operating stores on the country’s military bases. U.S. Rep. Pat...
Local Tariff talk Senate leaders from both sides of the aisle agree on thing about the tariff package President Trump announced on Wednesday:...
Local NYC group donates land to the Lumbee The New York City-based Open Space Institute says it’s acquired a 1,392-acre chunk of Robeson County and donated it to...
Local Bilfinger and Cargill, in court A divided state Court of Appeals panel has declined to force a global construction and engineering company into arbitration with...
Local House votes to ease bidder minimums House members want to relax the traditional requirement that cities, counties and other arms of the state obtain at least...
