Here’s a sign of the times in the construction world: The cost of a new dining hall for Elizabeth City State University has doubled from $7.5 million to $15 million.

A bill to eliminate the governor’s appointments to the community college board of trustees in Senate leader Phil Berger’s home county will become law.

A bill giving the UNC System the go-ahead to start construction projects that are funded outside the state budget process passed the House in a 100-1 vote Wednesday. A final procedural vote is set for today.

Democrats tried to pump the brakes Wednesday on a fast-moving bill that would take away Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointments to the community college board in Rockingham County and instead let legislative leaders fill the seat.

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The UNC Board of Governors plans to vote this week on the future of its vacated UNC System Office space on the edge of the Chapel Hill campus. The eight-acre site, which includes two office buildings totalling 80,000 square feet, has been vacant since last fall when the offices were...

Former N.C. Rep. George Graham, D-Lenoir, has died, according to the Neuse News. He was 73.

It’s been years since the legislature allocated $1.5 million to install “panic alarms” in schools as a safety measure, but the state agencies overseeing the project haven’t yet spent any of the money to install alarm systems.

North Carolina has had a lot of blue-ribbon panels looking to chart the future of education in our state. And the downside of bringing together a lot of diverse viewpoints is that often the final recommendations end up full of vague platitudes in an effort to avoid areas of disagreement.

The UNC System is having a different sort of trouble with its campus construction projects: Labor shortages and supply chain issues driving up costs.

Thanks to major construction spending in this year’s state budget, North Carolina’s 58 community colleges are getting $400 million over the next four years. But managing to spend that money could take some legislative tweaks during the upcoming short session.