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...
Education Senate bill funds Khan Academy AI tutors Legislators returning to Raleigh this week from their Memorial Day holiday will find a docket that includes an omnibus reform...
Local Counties: Inmate medical costs breaking jail budgets Inmate medical-care costs are busting the budgets of jails all around the state, thanks in no small part to low-bid...
Economic Development BorgWarner plans addition in Hendersonville A Michigan-based car-parts supplier is looking to branch out and will invest $100 million to add 378 jobs over the...
Budget & Taxes State Supreme Court sides with Currituck Co. There’s nothing wrong with Currituck County’s decision to use some of its hotel-tax revenue to bankroll police, EMS and fire...
Local China hawks unhappy with Bank of America U.S. House China hawks say Charlotte-headquartered Bank of America’sunderwriting of an IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange exposes big...
Economic Development Ross criticizes Trump’s Carolina Long Bay buyout U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-2nd, and some of her West Coast colleagues are scrutinizing the big-money settlement the Trump administration...
Economic Development REBIC opposes longer moratorium on water-transfer permits A Charlotte business group is asking members to “reach out” to legislators to stand up for the city’s ability to...
Economic Development DOT shuts down I-77 “engagement” center State Department of Transportation officials have pulled the plug on a “community engagement center” in Charlotte they opened in late...
Economic Development Supreme Court upholds Duke Energy 2023-25 rates The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected challenges from manufacturers, electric co-ops and Attorney General Jeff Jackson to Duke Energy’s 2023-25...
Local Saine strikes out on own, leaves Southern Group Lobbyist and former state Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, has left The Southern Group and is in the process of launching...
