Top 10 4. Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation Nell Greenfieldboyce/WUNC Radio The Trump administration is sharpening its attacks on the National Science Foundation, the government agency that is...
Top 10 5. Federal cuts threaten to derail NC public health lab upgrades Rose Hoban/NC Health News Work on a major renovation of the State Public Health Laboratory screeched to a halt in...
Top 10 6. Hurry up and wait: DMV delays worsened by REAL ID crunch Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer May 7 is the day that the TSA will start requiring a REAL ID to fly...
Top 10 7. Blue Ridge Cos. tweaks portfolio Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise High Point-based Blue Ridge Cos. has delegated part of its operations to a third party...
Top 10 8. Oak Ridge pipeline opponents give commissioners an earful Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Residents of the town of Oak Ridge showed up in force at the Guilford County Commissioners...
Top 10 9. Four UNC School of the Arts alumni nominated for Tony Awards Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Four graduates of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts have been nominated for Tony...
Top 10 10. Pender County and EMS meet as attorney flags issues with merger plans Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Representatives of Pender County and Pender EMS and Fire sat down Thursday to discuss a merger...
Top 10 1. ‘Fox in charge of the hen house’: Judge with controversial ties to Duke nominated to Utilities Commission Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A judge with enduring influence over environmental policy was nominated to the agency responsible for setting...
Top 10 2. Transit leaders reject Matthews’ request to study more money for trains Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Metropolitan Transit Commission rejected on Wednesday a request from the town of Matthews to study a...
Top 10 3. Pless feuds with first responders: Emergency medical personnel cry out against proposed bills Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Rep. Mark Pless is taking heat from local paramedics and EMTs after introducing a pair of...
Top 10 4. Many are seeing red after a premium hike in the State Health Plan. But being in the red is what led to it. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The State Health Plan is deeply in debt. To get out of the red, the...
Top 10 5. Despite changes, State Employees Association still concerned about Auditor’s Office legislation Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio A bill giving State Auditor Dave Boliek more power to fire or discipline some employees in his...
Top 10 6. Longtime North Carolina House member Sarah Stevens plans to run for state Supreme Court The Associated Press A veteran North Carolina Republican legislator announced Wednesday that she will run next year for the state...
Top 10 7. $24.9 million from the Leon Levine Foundation expands and sustains UNC Charlotte’s transformative Levine Scholars Program Inside UNC Charlotte With a new gift of $24.9 million, The Leon Levine Foundation is expanding its enduring support for...
Top 10 8. Lawmakers advance bills on school performance grades, safety, math reform, and more Chantal Brown/Education NC During a hefty House K-12 Education Committee meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers discussed bills ranging from math reform...