Ray Gronberg, Author at NC Tribune

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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Infrastructure bank

The North Carolina Chamber is urging Raleigh lawmakers to consider creating a State Infrastructure Bank and adopting other “innovative financing...

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...

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...

“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...

DMV online services

The Division of Motor Vehicles’ push to make its services available online is costing the contractors who operate its network...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tillis and Ukraine

North Carolina U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is doubling down on his support for helping Ukraine defeat Russia and its leader,...

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