Health Care Burgin healthcare bill mired in Senate Sen. Jim Burgin’s healthcare reform bill cleared another hurdle on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether it’ll eventually got to the...
Economic Development Housing-policy items dropped from Senate reg-reform bill Senators have removed two proposals intended to bolster housing construction from another regulatory reform bill that’s making it way through...
Economic Development Casino opponents target Lumbee referendum Former House Speaker Pro Tem Skip Stam and businessman Bob Luddy are speaking up against the Lumbee’s prospective move to...
Health Care CON battles in Winston-Salem and Wilmington North Carolina hospital chains Atrium Health and Cone Health say they’ve filed certificate-of-need applications with the state for major projects...
Local Charlotte gets a new consultancy There’s a new lobbying/strategy shop in Charlotte. Colton Overcash announced on Monday the public launch of Vertex Strategies, which he...
Economic Development Durham Chamber: Nuance needed on data centers Durham’s Chamber of Commerce is warning city and county officials against going overboard with restrictions on data centers. It’s urging...
Health Care Social-media regs wait in the wings Legislators are close to getting a bill to regulate teens’ access to “addictive social media platforms” and applications across the...
Elections The (bleep) word Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, posted a two-minute Instagram video this week that included about a dozen bleeped profanities...
Local Ban on homeless camps incoming? It’s looking increasingly likely that the Senate will get behind a proposal to ban homeless encampments, and give the job...
Budget & Taxes ABC plans quick-turnaround pricing study The State ABC Commission has ordered its staff to conduct “a thorough study of minimum baseline pricing” for liquor, with...
Economic Development Legislators vote to ban third-party lawsuit funding Legislators have handed the NC Chamber a win on one of its top priorities for the session, a ban on...
Economic Development Jacksonville annexation bid for Camp Lejeune sparks fight Camp Lejeune’s service needs and Jacksonville’s ability to meet them have sparked an intramural battle among Onslow County’s all-Republican legislative...
Events Stevens leaves the House, focuses on Supreme Court race Rep. Sarah Stevens resigned her District 90 seat to “devote [her] full time and energy” to running for a N.C....
Economic Development House votes to regulate crypto kiosks The House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill that for the first time in North Carolina would...
Local North Carolina owns a piece of Claude North Carolina’s State Investment Authority put $250 million into AI firm Anthropic back in the winter when the San Francisco...
