Opinion

What EPA’s power play would mean for NC

California might be known for giving birth to the high-tech industry during the 1970s, but North Carolina, with our famed Research Triangle Park, is quickly becoming Silicon Valley East. Over the past three years, Apple announced it would invest $1 billion to build a new Research Triangle campus. Epic Games is converting a defunct mall into its new headquarters. Wolfspeed is building a...

James Lawrence, III
Opinion

The sad, um, DECLINE of The Daily Haymaker

Forgive the odd headline. I was just trying out a new trick I picked up on another site, The Daily Haymaker. The site has been around a long time on the North Carolina conservative commentary scene, so I figured it could teach me a thing or two. Now that I’ve tried the phrasing myself, I...

David Larson
News

Labor unions request NCDOL examine reinstituting mask mandates and other rules

Left-leaning groups, including the North Carolina Conference of the NAACP, have requested the NC Department of Labor to look at the possibility of instituting rules that would mandate masks and other requirements like social distancing once again in businesses and elsewhere across the state.

Theresa Opeka
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Electric vehicle uncertainty in North Carolina

While electric vehicle industry is growing in NC, the trajectory of the EV sector appears uncertain. Industry giants like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla have collectively opted to delay their expansion plans in the year 2024 amid big losses in Q3.

CJ Staff

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VinFast’s losses continue to mount, officials still optimistic

Coming on the heels of a second-quarter report that saw losses of $526.7 million, VinFast reported Thursday that it lost an additional $623 million for the third quarter of 2023. That brings total losses since 2021 for the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker to $5.1 billion.

Theresa Opeka
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Over half of VinFast’s vehicles have been sold to itself

VinFast, the electric vehicle maker with plans to open a $4 billion manufacturing plant in Chatham County in 2025, has sold 11,300 vehicles during the first half of 2023. While that would usually be good news, here’s the kicker: more than half, 7,100, were sold to itself.

Theresa Opeka
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VinFast accused of polluting waterways near Chatham County EV plant

VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper credited for leading an army of clean-energy companies coming to the state, is being criticized for polluting waterways near its $4 billion EV manufacturing plant in Chatham County. 

Theresa Opeka