Alan Wooten/The Center Not a single member of the North Carolina House of Representatives opposed a prohibition of hostile foreign governments such as China or Russia from purchasing farmland and property within 75 miles of a miliary installation. N.C. Farmland and Military Protection Act, or House Bill 133, would bar...

Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state that spends less than what the new Democratic governor requested and doubles down on already enacted income tax cuts. Largely along party lines, the GOP-controlled Senate gave initial approval Wednesday evening to...

Yuki Noguchi/National Public Radio In and around Asheville, N.C., there are still visible signs of devastation that remain from the floods of Hurricane Helene six months ago: rusted debris in the yards of water-damaged residences in ruins. But Helene, a federal disaster worker who coincidentally goes by the same name...

Anna Roman/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Plans for a $1 billion sports and entertainment district around the Lenovo Center cleared a significant hurdle Tuesday afternoon. The Raleigh City Council unanimously agreed to rezone 81 acres to allow up to 40-story buildings, the city’s tallest, dramatically changing west Raleigh. “There are...

Rylee Wilson/Becker’s Hospital Review Greensboro-based Cone Health is now the sole owner of HealthTeam Advantage. Cone Health purchased Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health’s stake in the plan, according to an April 15 news release. Novant Health became a co-owner of the plan in 2022. HealthTeam Advantage has more than 22,000 Medicare...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The North Carolina Board of Elections said in a court filing Tuesday that only 1,675 voters will be impacted by Republican Jefferson Griffin’s challenge against Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs for a seat on the state Supreme Court. The board said it will require 1,409 overseas voters in...

Bradley George/WUNC Radio Planners have come up with four options to relieve congestion on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 and Wake Forest. Drivers would have to pay tolls on all of them. The Raleigh City Council got its first look Tuesday afternoon at four pricey options for converting a ten-mile...

Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro A new birth center recently opened its doors to the Triangle community. Located along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Birth Center will offer a safe alternative to hospital births, but it’s not the first maternity health organization to occupy the space....

Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice  A number of Dare County municipalities are expressing opposition to HB 765, a proposed measure titled “An Act To Reform Local Government Development Regulations In This State.” Filed in early April, its sponsors say the bill is intended to address affordable housing needs, but critics say...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio  Renée White laughed and jumped for joy Tuesday evening when she lay eyes on Asheville’s newly-refurbished Memorial Stadium for the first time. “This is worth all the blood, sweat and tears!” White, president of the East End/Valley Street Neighborhood Association, said as she surveyed the...

Monica Casey/WRAL News North Carolina Central University police detained five people Wednesday during a rally on campus. University students told WRAL News that adjunct history professor Daniel Atwood was one of the people detained at the rally, in which students advocated for more student housing. The school told WRAL News...

Alan Wooten/The Center Square  North Carolina is ranked No. 4 in the country in economic outlook in the 18th annual Rich States, Poor States ranking. Fifteen state policy variables are measured in the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, released Tuesday by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Better scores go to...

Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline As the North Carolina Senate fast tracks a newly released two-year budget proposal through the chamber this week, members of the state’s Progressive House Caucus held a press conference Tuesday to call out what they say is the lack of public input and accountability in the budgeting...

WRAL News In August 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil lawsuit against the real estate company RealPage, because the company was using artificial intelligence to inflate rents across America. The DOJ found that landlords who used the software caused rents to skyrocket and compete with...

Julian Berger/WFAE Radio The IRS can now share some undocumented immigrants’ tax records with immigration enforcement — a policy shift raising concerns in immigrant communities. The IRS is now allowed to share the personal tax information of undocumented immigrants who are under criminal investigation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...