Safety, quality, and monetary concerns are being raised about a Vietnamese electric vehicle maker that has its sights set on building a $4 billion EV production plant in Chatham County.
North Carolina’s solicitor general is urging the nation’s highest court to reject a case challenging the state Revenue Department’s assessment of sales tax on out-of-state transactions. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks whether to take the case titled Quad Graphics v. N.C. Department of Revenue.
On Monday, North Carolina Senate Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that allocates $1.425 billion to NCInnovation, a non-profit organization established by NC business and education leaders aimed at fostering innovation and economic growth in the state. The more than $1 billion in state funds are a major uptick from the $50 million previously proposed by House lawmakers.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a company linked to a fatal 2020 paper mill fire in Canton can proceed with its lawsuit against two top N.C. Labor Department officials. The company contends that the officials violated federal law when assessing penalties of more than $100,000.
Now more than 50 years old, the federal Clean Water Act deserves a fresh look. That was the message U.S. Rep. David Rouzer delivered as he chaired a congressional hearing on the topic Tuesday.
North Carolina’s constitution has protected people’s rights to the “enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor” for more than 150 years. But the state’s highest court continues to wrestle with the form that protection should take. That was a key message in N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s May 10 presentation to the Bastiat Society of Raleigh.
For the third year in a row, North Carolina garners top honors with Site Selection magazine’s Prosperity Cup recognition for economic development.
A group representing North Carolina’s county health directors is supporting the state’s top health official in a legal battle at the N.C. Supreme Court. The case pits Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley against owners of Alamance County-based Ace Speedway.
Van Anh Nguyen, VinFast’s U.S. Manufacturing CEO met with Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper, state and local officials, and representatives from Central Carolina Community College last week to announce the partnership between the college and the Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer.
Groups representing manufacturers, small businesses, and more than 500 large corporations hope the U.S. Supreme Court will take the case of a sales tax dispute from North Carolina. The nation’s highest court will make its decision about accepting or rejecting the case no earlier than mid-May.
Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation director of government affairs, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 669, Solar Decommissioning Requirements. Roberts offered these comments during the April 18, 2023, meeting of the Senate Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee.
