The proxy battle that activist investor Ancora Holdings is waging against Norfolk Southern isn’t just about the direction NS should take and who should run the company. It’s a fight for the future of the railroad industry. The Cleveland-based activist investor seems to be taking the position that railroads shouldn’t...

Wilsonians are again reaching into their wallets to raise cash to abolish medical debt for folks they don’t even know. Father Paul Castelli, rector at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Wilson, is leading the Easter Medical Debt Jubilee for the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina’s Rocky Mount Convocation. The campaign...

A complaint filed by the chair of the Henderson County Democratic Party alleges Western North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) violated United States Code and U.S. House of Representatives rules by mailing “hyper-partisan” fliers, thus abusing his congressional franking privilege. “It is my opinion that Congressman Edwards knew or should...

The black-and-white ad that launched Mike Morgan’s campaign for governor last fall generated lots of buzz. Produced over two weeks for $60,000, the ad begins with footage of an actor portraying Morgan as a child, in his Sunday best and a bowtie, entering a schoolhouse in New Bern, where he...

Three North Carolina legislators said they are interested in revisiting the state law that gives special privileges to hospital authorities such as Atrium Health, noting that today’s multibillion-dollar hospital systems are nothing like the ones lawmakers had in mind when the law was written. The hospital authorities act was written...

North Carolinians voting in the primary on March 5 will be doing so under increased observation, due to changes the state legislature made last year to the role that a poll watcher may play. Carolina Public Press interviewed experts, a leader of a voting rights organization and a former poll...

A new Duke University report reveals the AI-powered gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter helped Durham police make several gun-related arrests last year. But it also often sent reports that police ultimately could not find evidence for. Why it matters: Durham launched a yearlong pilot of ShotSpotter — now rebranded as SoundThinking...

Early voting is underway for the March 5 primary — the biggest election North Carolina has held under the state’s photo ID law. To get an idea of the impact of photo ID, Inside Politics is looking at the November 2023 election, which was mostly city and town contests across...

The economic shakeup in Haywood following the Pactiv Evergreen mill closure created an opportunity to re-envision the future, and that’s what is happening. County commissioners have approved a $56,338 agreement with Shining Rock Ventures consulting firm to develop a vision for the next three to five years, to be created...

The legal battles involving HCA Healthcare, the owner of Asheville’s Mission Hospital, took another twist this week. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that a June 2022 lawsuit filed against HCA by the city of Brevard can go forward. Buncombe and Madison Counties and the City of Asheville joined the...

In February 2022, a fire ignited at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant, causing Wake Forest students and Winston-Salem residents within one mile to evacuate from the area. Two years later, the city is still feeling its effects. The Weaver Fertilizer Plant sat next to underserved block groups in Winston-Salem –– which...

In less than a decade, the Triangle’s biotech industry has more than doubled its lab space and added tens of thousands of new workers, as the region’s profile among investors and companies soars. The big picture: Some of the nation’s oldest biotech hubs, like Boston, now see the Triangle as...

A Democratic candidate running for a state Senate seat representing Davidson and Davie counties was excluded from a candidates forum where her opponents were given the opportunity to speak. Davidson County resident Tina Royal, who is running for N.C. Senate in District 30, said she was not invited to attend...

Meeting on Feb. 7, the Nags Head Commissioners rejected a text amendment approved by the Nags Head Planning Board that would have permitted multi-family dwelling in certain parts of town—opting instead to create a task force to work on the issue. The planning board’s unanimous approval of the amendment to...

The Town of Leland has announced its 2024-2025 fiscal year budget proposal, which if approved will hike up the property tax rate from 23 cents per $100 valuation to 39 cents to pay for road work, police and fire equipment, and new personnel. Leland has not raised taxes since 2022....