Top 10 7. SC House approves energy bill that limits environmental oversight of new power plants Sammy Fretwell/The (Palmetto) State In a push to help South Carolina meet future energy needs, the state House of Representatives...
Top 10 8. State charter review board renews four schools, approves two remote academies Kristen Blair/Education NC The North Carolina Charter Schools Review Board (CSRB) approved renewals for four public charter schools at its...
Top 10 9. Chapel Hill launches $20 million affordable housing fund with help from UNC Health Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A partnership between the Town of Chapel Hill and the UNC Health system is officially ready to...
Top 10 10. Tiny homes constructed by Amish community get delivered with plans to return Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat In December, a group of Amish volunteers from Pennsylvania partnered with local organizers in Boone to...
Top 10 1. A GOP challenger emerges for Phil Berger’s NC Senate seat in 2026 Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan/The (Raleigh) News & Observer A local sheriff from his district is challenging the most powerful Republican lawmaker...
Top 10 2. CVS working ‘tirelessly’ to improve Aetna Rylee Wilson/Becker’s Payer Issues CVS Health’s new executives are working “tirelessly” to improve margins in the company’s insurance business, CFO...
Top 10 3. Jackson, Stein announce settlement in Pactiv grant lawsuit Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Nearly $6 million in taxpayer money will be coming back to Haywood County after Attorney General...
Top 10 4. Last night at Council: Leaders of housing authority board ousted amid organizational ‘turmoil’ Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio On Tuesday, the Asheville City Council ousted the local housing authority’s chair and vice-chair after...
Top 10 5. DPI, State Board approve legislative priorities and welcome superintendent’s cabinet Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC The State Board of Education voted to approve its joint 2025 legislative agenda with the N.C....
Top 10 6. Retailers including Trader Joe’s and Kroger have begun limiting egg purchases Ayana Archie/WUNC Radio Major retailers across the country have begun limiting the number of cartons of eggs shoppers can buy,...
Top 10 7. EPA federal funding freeze sows uncertainty for North Carolina clean energy programs Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio The Environmental Protection Agency froze Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds two weeks ago. Those...
Top 10 8. Research Triangle Institute announces ‘temporary’ layoffs amid disruption from federal funding freeze Keaton Eberly/CBS 17 News A nonprofit research institute based out of Research Triangle Park is laying off hundreds of workers...
Top 10 9. Pilots got 100 collision warnings for helicopters near National in past decade The Washington Post Airline pilots received more than 100 cockpit warnings over the past decade that they were in danger...
Top 10 10. A UNC program is helping Cumberland County address the affordable housing crisis Morgan Casey/CityView For the next 18 months, a team of government officials and community stakeholders from Cumberland, Sampson and Harnett...
Top 10 1. Inflation rose in January as prices for groceries and housing picked up Andrew Ackerman/The Washington Post Inflation heated up more than expected in January, as prices for groceries, housing and energy all...