Top 10 5. What is the Orange Card? Inside Guilford County’s health care safety net for the uninsured Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News In Guilford County, having an orange card means an uninsured dad who breaks his hand working...
Top 10 6. Wake County manager recommends 2-cent property tax increase due to budget shortfalls from the state WRAL News Wake County Manager David Ellis’ 2027 budget recommendation comes with a 2-cent property tax increase and greater concerns...
Top 10 7. New agreement aims to conserve wildlife along NC’s electric corridors Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Most land in North Carolina is privately owned, making conservation work more challenging for nonprofits and environmental...
Top 10 8. Mystery prospect for former mill warehouse dropped Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Canton leaders backtracked on their plan to use funds from a lawsuit against Pactiv Evergreen to...
Top 10 9. ‘Creative idea’: Durham allocates $1.75 million for those building tiny homes on their properties Ben Bokun/WNCN News Applications close this week for the City of Durham’s pilot program dedicated to increasing housing affordability. As...
Top 10 10. Impassioned public comment leads Chapel Hill Town Council to drop discussion of downsizing Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A discussion by the Chapel Hill Town Council about downsizing by two members and extending the length...
Top 10 1. NC lawmakers gave autism nonprofit $2 million. Much went to a former colleague. Dan Kane & Kyle Ingram/The Raleigh News & Observer Former state Rep. Cecil Brockman won $2 million in state funding...
Top 10 2. House ethics investigation of Chuck Edwards poses challenge in District 11 race Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog In 2022, Chuck Edwards campaigned on his image as the responsible adult in the room. As a...
Top 10 3. Massive US lithium discovery concentrated in Carolina mountains; NC lithium mine clears major hurdle: EPA Rodney Overton & Michael Ramsey/WNCN & NewsNation The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is calling a newly identified lithium...
Top 10 4. Who funded anti-Berger PAC? Mysterious out-of-state groups Colin Campbell/WUNC News More than a month after the primary, the biggest spender opposing Senate leader Phil Berger finally filed...
Top 10 5. WNC passenger rail would be an economic boon, but paying for the construction is a different story Emily Moosbrugger/The Waynesville Mountaineer The long-held vision of bringing passenger rail to WNC would generate an economic impact of $59...
Top 10 6. Clock ticking for Littleton. Town pushing to complete audits, stave off state takeover. Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Five years behind on financial audits, the town of Littleton faces a potential takeover by the...
Top 10 7. Embattled New Hanover County elections director formally opposes her removal Port City Daily The elections director for New Hanover County has formally opposed her removal to the state board of...
Top 10 8. Business leaders call on legislature for child care subsidy investment this session Liz Bell/Education NC Business leaders and owners advocated on Thursday for legislative funding this session for the child care subsidy...
Top 10 9. School budgets presented: HCC gets support while large HCS hike gets tepid response Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Haywood Community College President Shelley White got little pushback for the additional $268,000 she has...