Top 10 1. North Carolina has a plan to pay for a $1.7B baseball stadium. Why lawmakers can’t agree. Brian Murphy & Jack Hagel/WRAL News Leaders of the North Carolina Senate are pushing for a government-backed framework for a...
Top 10 2. Tied in knots by medical debt. Working to undo the damage in NC. Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In 2018, postpartum eclampsia kept Jessica McIntyre in the hospital for a week after the birth...
Top 10 3. Martin County residents keep pressing state officials for funding to reopen hospital Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News When Martin General Hospital closed its doors in 2023 after 73 years of service, residents of...
Top 10 4. Lexington considers plan for another megasite Jill Doss-Raines/The High Point Enterprise If the Lexington City Council approves in August, Davidson County will have a second property...
Top 10 5. Chairman says commissioners pushed back to keep tax hike under 6 cents Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said that the board deliberately resisted...
Top 10 6. Duke Energy prepares for hurricane season with ‘self-healing’ upgrades Katie Myers/BPR News Duke Energy is preparing for the second hurricane season since Helene, and the utility says new upgrades...
Top 10 7. Everything you need to know about the State Health Plan’s new tiered-provider structure Ben Humphries/Education NC Big changes are coming to the State Health Plan, which provides health insurance for nearly 750,000 teachers,...
Top 10 8. Former UNC player Ed Davis among several indicted in NBA gambling scandal Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro Ed Davis, who played for the UNC men’s basketball team from 2008 through 2010 and helped the...
Top 10 9. Buncombe tourism authority approves $34.5M budget amid tighter spending restrictions Felicia Sonmez/BPR News The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority approved its annual budget Wednesday, outlining how it plans to spend...
Top 10 10. Four City Council members enough to push through tax increases Shannon Keith/The Sanford Herald The Sanford City Council remain divided on increases in property tax rates and water and sewer...
Top 10 1. Health Department revenues up $6.3B, fueled by federal Medicaid money Alan Wooten/The Center Square Total revenues have grown $6.3 billion in North Carolina’s Health Department, fueled by $6 billion from...
Top 10 2. NC rep pushed costly plan for liquor warehouse that favors developer, ABC official says Dan Kane & Esther Frances/The Raleigh News & Observer Last year, North Carolina House Majority Leader Brenden Jones stood on...
Top 10 3. SAS eliminates hundreds of positions across the company, spokesperson says Joseph Ochoa/WRAL News One of Wake County’s largest employers said Thursday it cut hundreds of jobs across the company. Cary-based...
Top 10 4. U.S. House committee votes to again remove Confederate names from Fort Bragg and other bases Jay Price/WUNC News The House Armed Services Committee has voted to yet again change the names of Fort Bragg and...
Top 10 5. ‘Jetsons coming to life’: WMPO wants in on state’s air taxi funding Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A local transportation authority is requesting to join the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s advanced air...
