After seven hours of recounting ballots, county Board of Elections workers confirmed Thursday Democratic Cumberland County Board of Commissioners candidate Ronald Pittman’s loss in the March 5 Dist. 2 primary. Pittman requested a recount last week when certified election results showed him behind fellow Democrat Karla Icaza by 38 votes....

Some Connecticut lawmakers are hoping to lure businesses away from North Carolina by highlighting controversial rhetoric of a high-profile North Carolina politician. Democratic Senate leaders in the Nutmeg State wrote to officials in Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development, urging them to “explore opportunities to attract businesses from the...

On Tuesday, nearly three months to the day since Florida State sued the Atlantic Coast Conference to challenge the league’s grant of media rights and exit fee, Clemson became the second ACC member to file suit against the ACC, albeit with a more tactful approach. The Tigers are seeking a...

HCA Healthcare, which owns Mission Hospital in Asheville, had to submit an amended plan of correction to regulators March 13, which the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved in a notice to Mission Hospital CEO Chad Patrick. That plan was made public March 20. HCA’s amended plan of...

A schedule change could be coming to the Bald Head Island ferry system, and once again, the Village of Bald Head Island is intervening in a case before the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Bald Head Transportation, which currently owns the ferry system but is in the process of selling it,...

A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute studied whether evaluations of charter applications by North Carolina’s former Charter School Advisory Board (CSAB) were good predictors of the success of new charter schools. North Carolina removed its statewide cap of 100 charter schools in 2011. The institute’s report tracked...

The comptroller hired to delve into Durham Public Schools’ finances in the aftermath of the classified pay debacle is presenting recommendations to the Board of Education on Thursday. Among them: Put every employee in a new salary grade based on all their previous experience plus the calculated reclassification increase or...

UNC-Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts sat down with founders of the nonprofit Coalition for Carolina Wednesday for a webinar discussion spanning campus and UNC System issues as well as broader political and higher education matters. When UNC System President Peter Hans appointed Roberts in January, after the exit of...

The Wake County Board of Education has voted to end a partnership with Saint Augustine’s University. The agreement allowed students attending the WCPSS Wake Young Leadership Academies to take college-level courses at Saint Augustine’s University. Students could take up to two years of tuition-free credits that could count toward a...

The US Department of Justice sued Apple today, alleging that the company violated antitrust laws by restricting rivals’ access to iPhone features and monopolizing the smartphone market. The lawsuit in US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleged that “Apple suppresses… innovation through a web of contractual restrictions...

UNC announced the creation of a new scholarship for undergraduates studying the humanities, after sharing news of a major investment by an alumnus on Tuesday. Stephen Israel, a former vice chairman of the consulting firm Korn Ferry and UNC graduate in the Class of 1966, gifted $10 million to the...

The March 5 primary was the first statewide election in North Carolina where voters had to show photo ID after the passage of a constitutional amendment in 2018. The North Carolina Board of Elections said 473 ballots in the March 5 primary were not counted because the voter didn’t have...

Walking into the Maureen Joy Charter School building is a little like stepping back in time. The lacquered wood floors creak as students walk to class. Sunlight streams across high ceilings. The school’s chief operating officer Samantha Amaral offers a tour of the building. “It was built in 1910, so...

Elected officials’ stock holdings have come under scrutiny in recent years due to repeated allegations of lawmakers exploiting their public authority and access to insider information for improper personal gain. State-level officials and candidates are required to submit annual “statements of economic interest” to the NC Ethics Commission to mitigate...

A manufacturing plant in Duplin County would have to monitor, but not limit, chemical compounds it discharges from its wastewater treatment system into the Northeast Cape Fear River under the terms of a draft permit being reviewed by state and federal agencies. Automotive textile and technology manufacturer Lear Corp.’s draft...