Health Care WakeMed, Atrium address county leaders’ questions Atrium Health and WakeMed officials discussed their proposed combination with Wake County Commissioners Monday after producing a 61-page document providing...
Economic Development Jackson: Utilities Commission needs to clamp down on Duke returns Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office wants the N.C. Utilities Commission to give Duke Energy’s return on equity a haircut as...
Elections Granville-Vance House candidate steps aside Democrats in Granville and Vance counties need to find themselves a new candidate for the House District 32 seat. The...
Local State Health Plan ready to expand “preferred provider” system Come July, it appears likely State Health Plan trustees are likely to approve an expansion of the plan’s “preferred provider”...
Economic Development Reg reform and granny flats House members have passed and returned to the Senate an omnibus regulatory reform bill that among other things instructs local...
Economic Development Chamber pods state on Wilmington rail link NC Chamber leaders want the state to begin looking at reactivating an abandoned rail corridor that would connect Wilmington and...
Local FTC warns Hendrick, other dealers about price ads Federal regulators in March warned Hendrick Automotive and several other North Carolina car dealers against advertising their vehicles for prices...
Health Care UNC Health takeover of psychiatric hospitals? The House’s involuntary-commitment reform bill includes provisions that ask UNC Health to consider taking over the operations of North Carolina’s...
Economic Development DOT boss: Money can’t sit waiting for Charlotte on I-77 State Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson is pushing back against the idea that his agency is making unfounded threats when it...
Economic Development Hall on I-77: “Unbelievable to me” House Speaker Destin Hall says he doesn’t know if there’s “anything in terms of punitive” action legislators will take against...
Budget & Taxes Legislators want to clamp down on occupancy-tax diversions House members aren’t about to let the ink dry on a recent state Supreme Court ruling without acting to stop...
Budget & Taxes Pay increases pressuring city and county budgets Now that the calendar has turned to June, it’s about time for cities and counties across to start passing their...
Education Community Colleges struggles to fill nursing posts North Carolina has a nursing shortage, but the N.C. Community Colleges has its own problems when it comes to hiring...
Economic Development DOT: New I-77 plan gets graded like any other The N.C. Department of Transportation isn’t going to treat a new Interstate 77 project in Charlotte differently from any other...
Economic Development OBX beer-store chain speaks up for canned cocktails It’s all well and good that the state House wants to legalize the sale of canned cocktails outside of ABC...
