Ray Gronberg
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Social media clampdown — backed by Meta?
Sponsors of a pending bill that would restrict children’s access to social-media sites are touting the fact one of the...
Senate advances moratorium on property tax-value changes
Senate leaders have begun pushing through committee a bill that would freeze property value assessments for a year in a...
Ski industry seeks liability limits
North Carolina’s ski industry wants legislators to revamp the state laws that regulate it, to among other things cap jury...
Legislators postpone intervention in Kerr Lake water-rights battle
House and Senate negotiators have dropped the idea of giving Franklin County a clear lane to acquire land in neighboring...
Democrats offer data-center bills
House Democrats and a Democratic senator have rolled out separate bills that begin to spell out a different approach to...
Majeed goes unaffiliated
Another Mecklenburg County legislator who lost in March’s Democratic Party primaries has turned in his membership card. District 99 Rep....
Poll: Many oppose casinos for their county
In case anyone needed a reminder after Senate leader Phil Berger’s GOP primary loss, a new poll suggests many North...
Granville Co. opposes Franklin in Kerr Lake fight
Granville County isn’t one of Senate Bill 214’s direct targets, but it’s standing with the communities that are in the...
Batch backtracks on Medicaid rebase
Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, has walked back her caucus’s support of the Medicaid rebase bill that it has...
Franklin County: Give us the water
Franklin County officials say that while they remain willing to negotiate for access to Kerr Lake’s water, they want condemnation...
Data-center developer sues Chatham County
A company led by UNC Board of Governors member Kirk Bradley has sued Chatham County, seeking to overturn the county’s...
GOP puts Cooper on blast over American Efficient scandal
State Republican leaders have begun trying to make the federal government’s move to fine a Durham company $722 million over...
Stein floats idea for funding job training
Within Gov. Josh Stein’s budget request for fiscal 2026-27 is a proposal to set up a new program called the...
