Education Continuing ed cuts for the professions? A trio senators wants to reduces the number of continuing-education courses people in a long list of licensed professions have...
Education School calendars: Peace in our time? For years now, the Senate’s been the place where bills that would give school districts flexibility to start classes in...
Education Newton stepping down Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, is retiring from the Senate as of 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the chamber’s GOP caucus...
Local Briner on pension contributions State Treasurer Brad Briner says his quarrel with Gov. Josh Stein over state pension funding is more a question of...
Local Charlotte’s thirst A trio of state senators are trying to clamp down on Charlotte’s quest to gain a larger share of the...
Local Stein puts out the help-wanted sign Gov. Josh Stein wants former federal workers laid off in the DOGE process to know they can perhaps land on...
Education Supremes allow student-fee lawsuit to continue The state Supreme Court has sided with a pair of UNC Chapel Hill and NC State students who are trying...
Local Asphalt in Ashe County A unanimous state Supreme Court ordered Ashe County’s planning board to issue a permit allowing the development of an asphalt plant...
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...
