Property owners in a gated community in Watauga County are dealing with a case of David vs Goliath in what could set a precedent for other property owners in the state.
The North Carolina Senate’s proposed 2025-2027 budget takes a sharp turn in the state’s approach to NCInnovation (NCI), a nonprofit originally intended to bolster commercialization of research across the UNC System. The new proposal dismantles the organization’s state-endowed structure and redirects nearly all of its taxpayer funding to other public priorities.
Legislation is scheduled for a House vote this week that would direct the NC Department of Public Instruction to study the feasibility of requiring each local school administrative unit to maintain at least one year-round school for grades K-12.
States that give nurses broad practice authority ranked higher than more-restrictive states on health outcomes, quality of care, and childhood immunizations.