Local With growth comes the need for more power North Carolina’s continued growth spree is making even couple-year-old projections of future power-generation needs obsolete, Duke Energy executives recently told...
Local Is fixing DMV really a priority? It may take moving the Division of Motor Vehicles out from under the state Department of Transportation’s bureaucratic umbrella to improve...
Local Local news effort grabs $2M from Knight, Google, Dogwood There’s a common complaint across North Carolina that it’s harder to keep up with the news because of the declining...
Local Infrastructure bank The North Carolina Chamber is urging Raleigh lawmakers to consider creating a State Infrastructure Bank and adopting other “innovative financing...
Budget & Taxes Crop-loss bill clears first hurdle Rep. Jimmy Dixon’s $475 million crop-loss aid program for farmers is on the move. House Bill 130 cleared the Duplin...
Budget & Taxes Bill targets Indian gaming money A new bill filed in the House would take a jab at the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians by...
Budget & Taxes “Cooper” act includes $217M for NCORR House leaders have filed a bill that would appropriate $217 million to the N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency to...
Local DMV online services The Division of Motor Vehicles’ push to make its services available online is costing the contractors who operate its network...
Local Farm/bank anti-ESG bill advances to Ag committee House Judiciary 1 committee members on Tuesday endorsed House Bill 62, which would bar banks from denying or canceling service...
Local Home Builders seek higher zoning mininiums Two key interest groups have rolled out their agenda for this session’s upcoming regulatory reform bill. The N.C. Home Builders...
Budget & Taxes A state tax deduction for gambling losses? House Commerce committee members took their first look at a bill that would allow “nonprofessional” gamblers to claim an itemized...
Budget & Taxes A busy day at the Capital This year’s legislative session finally hit high gear on Tuesday, marked by the start of this year’s round of joint...
Local Tillis and Ukraine North Carolina U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is doubling down on his support for helping Ukraine defeat Russia and its leader,...
Local Charlotte transit Senate leaders on Monday put a bill in the hopper that, if passed, would allow Mecklenburg County to hold a...
Education Education goals More North Carolinians in their prime working years are earning college degrees or post-high-school educational credentials, but the state still...
