Ray Gronberg
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A look at insurance profits
It’s fair to say that this year’s election for insurance commissioner is all about rates and rate hikes, with Republican...
Tillis and Robinson
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis clearly thinks North Carolina Republicans stubbed their toe by nominating Mark Robinson for governor, a decision...
Project Kitty Hawk
The UNC System says 558 students are enrolled in online degree programs that its member schools have created with help...
N.C. unemployment benefits expanded
Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an executive order expanding the state’s weekly unemployment benefit by $250, to a maximum of...
Haas, Toyota and Formula 1 racing
In July we reported on the rumors in Formula 1 racing about a potential tie-up between Toyota and the Kannapolis-based...
Autopsy findings spur debate on regulations
An autopsy found that the laborer who died in September 2023 at a Spring Hope sweet-potato farm owned by state...
Wolfspeed signs $750 million deal
Wolfspeed and the Biden administration have signed a tentative deal that will provide the Durham-based chipmaker up to $750 million...
DOT and Helene
State Transportation Secretary Joey Hopkins says his agency has awarded an $8 million contract to Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction to...
Theory meets the real world
There’s more to say about Monday’s item on First Street Technologies’ pre-Helene report on disaster risks and the banking sector,...
Bank Resilience during disasters
Western North Carolina’s banks, like those in disaster areas before it, are resilient and should pass Hurricane Helene’s test with...
Disasters and banks
The same week that Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia, a Washington-based climate-risk modeler issued...
NC Promise: Not for the summer?
The hold-harmless funding legislators pledged to give UNC System campuses that agreed to participate in the N.C. Promise tuition-cap program...
Lumber company on its way to Spindale
Finally, a bit of good news for our friends in the west: A Wisconsin-based lumber distributor is placing a distribution...
