U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is raising concerns about how the federal government is handling changes to the list of Chinese products that are excluded from tariffs. Tillis wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday, complaining that North Carolina businesses are getting hit with burdensome tariff costs.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced Tuesday that 76 water and sewer projects will get a total of $164 million in state loans and grants. Much of the money is headed to rural communities that are struggling with aging infrastructure.

It appears the sudden about-face is because legislators are willing to change who’s eligible for the program, a move that would help find a good home for the full $500 million allocated to the program.

Farmers and fishermen will get a reprieve from potential tax filing penalties thanks to a legislative fix that sailed through both chambers Thursday.

The N.C. Court of Appeals ruled this week that Mecklenburg County tax administrators didn’t perform proper due diligence when they foreclosed on a Charlotte home owned by a blind, wheelchair-bound woman who’d gotten behind on her property taxes.