Ray Gronberg
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NC Treasurer candidate Brad Briner (R) on Cabarrus deals
Briner attended the LGC meeting earlier this month that saw it OK $85 million in borrowing by Cabarrus County to...
Some hurricane-related tax relief
House Bill 149, the Helene relief bill, includes a section that’s designed to give people and businesses affected by the...
Post-mortem comes later, legislators say
Another point legislators stressed this week as they rolled out the Helene relief bill is that a deep-dive after-action review...
Republicans push back on New York Times article
Republicans in the General Assembly are pushing back on a New York Times article that contends their deregulatory instincts may...
House and Senate pass $273 million hurricane relief bill
Senators and House members came together on Wednesday to pass a hurricane relief bill that represents a $273 million down...
Legislators helping legislators
It’s obvious to anyone who’s looked at a legislator’s social-media feed (or U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards’ official website) that the...
Water, power and roads
The day was one for mountain-county legislators to share their experiences and observations about the hurricane and its aftermath, and...
State, Wake and Raleigh join forces on incentives deal for medical-staffing company
Weatherby Healthcare, a medical staffing company, has pledged to invest $7.6 million and to add 155 new jobs by 2029...
Company police under scrutiny
A lawsuit spawned by October 2022’s mass shooting in Raleigh may put the state’s “company police” law — and one...
In court
Taylor hasn’t responded to an email asking for comment, and as of Tuesday afternoon the eCourts case file doesn’t list...
Port of Wilmington fares well in ranking
Wilmington continues to fare well in a worldwide ranking of container-port efficiency, albeit not as well in the latest version...
Power restoration nears end in SC; western NC proving a harder nut to crack
Duke Energy is warning that some of its customers in Western North Carolina could be without electricity “for an extended...
Bridge loans available for Helene-hit small business
The Mountain BizWorks nonprofit in Asheville is creating a small business lending program to assist recovery from Hurricane Helene, with $7.5 million...
