The Raleigh City Council has voted to allow people to rent one or two guest rooms, but homeowners won’t be allowed to rent entire houses. Unless bills pending in the General Assembly block Raleigh and other cities from micromanaging similar short-term rental properties. In a 5-2…
Stand down. Work things out. That’s what Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour ruled on Friday, May 24, granting the University of North Carolina System a 10-day, temporary restraining order against Vidant Health. UNC and Vidant — the hospital system that…
Days after the University of North Carolina System filed a lawsuit against Vidant Health — the eight-hospital system that holds a close relationship with East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine — UNC leaders say they hope to mend fences.
The State Board of Elections wants to pay incoming Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell nearly $30,000 more than her predecessor Kim Strach. During a teleconference vote Thursday, May 23, board members unanimously voted to recommend the Office of State Human Resources set a $140,000 salary for…
The economic costs of corporate tax incentives outweigh their benefits, a new study by N.C. State University researchers says. The study focused on three types of tax incentives — investment or job creation tax credits, property tax abatements,…
In its application to build a solar facility on Gov. Roy Cooper’s Nash County property, Durham-based Strata Solar said its generating capacity would be about 5 megawatts. Enough energy to power continuously about 3,750 homes. But the plant won’t generate 5 MW of energy 24 hours…
Legislative opponents of certificate of need laws are confident. This may be the year they prevail against the restrictive health-care regulations. But opposition from the powerful hospital lobby remains. Hospitals claim competition would hurt their bottom line. It would place hospitals, especially rural ones, at risk…
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution May 14 celebrating the 20th anniversary of National Charter School Week. National Charter School Week runs from May 12 to May 18 and celebrates the more than 7,000 public charter schools across the…
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 622, the Tax Reduction Act of 2019, on Tuesday, May 14, and sent it to the Senate Rules Committee. Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, Rules Committee chairman, told Carolina Journal…
The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1. Strach served six of her 19 years with the state board as executive director,…
