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8 local governments receive $4 million in state grants
Eight local government projects are projected to create almost 400 jobs and partially funded by more than $4 million in RIA grants.
Opinion
SCOTUS brief offers rare support for free markets from Trump team
The nation's solicitor general opposes anticompetitive behavior in a dispute over Fayetteville's long-term electricity contract.
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Sharp drop in NC’s charitable giving noted by Council of State in final meeting of the year
Among the goodbyes and farewells of over half of the North Carolina Council of State members, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall pointed out North Carolinians' dramatic cut in charitable giving this year. Gov. Roy Cooper also encouraged members to stay focused on western North Carolina Helene recovery, wherever their next post of service will be.
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Federal Appeals Court will not reconsider ruling against Duke Energy in Fayetteville case
The full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has voted not to hold a rehearing in a case that produced a recent ruling against Duke Energy. The court announced Tuesday that it had voted 11-2 against considering the case en banc.
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Appeals Court rules against Duke Energy in competition for Fayetteville’s business
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a lower court order and ruled against Duke Energy in a dispute over providing electricity to customers in Fayetteville. A competitor argued that Duke had engaged in illegal anticompetitive practices to keep its current business with the North Carolina city.
Opinion
Most communities have a crime problem
In a recent column, I argued that cities would draw more investment and job creation to their downtowns if people felt safer in them. Because the only North Carolina cities included in the national study I cited were Charlotte and Raleigh, some readers concluded that I thought the problem was limited to those two jurisdictions....
Opinion
Addressing the menace of gang and gun violence in North Carolina
Car break ins, theft, assaults, and even murders are on the rise across North Carolina. The number of North Carolina youth charged with committing violent crimes in 2022 — such as robberies, homicides, and shootings — rose 9% to 990 individuals. Youth violence had been on the decline since the 1980’s, but nationally have seen...
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North Carolina’s monopolistic system of controlling liquor is broken, but will lawmakers fix it?
Head distiller Chris Jude steps through a door at the High Wire Distilling Co. in Charleston, South Carolina. Jude, who’s from Boone, enters the tasting room and bar, making the short trip from the place spirits are made to the place spirits are served. Customers sitting at the long bar can distract themselves by peering...
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Berger Democratic challenger wins residency appeal at elections board
Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, will have a Democratic challenger in the general election after all. After two hours of debate July 12, the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement reversed a local elections panel’s decision disqualifying Jennifer Mangrum from the race. In what is becoming a familiar 5-4 split — with unaffiliated...
Opinion
Backroads, byways, boondoggles, and brouhahas
What follows is the first of an occasional column — taken from news sources throughout North Carolina — highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware. Reidsville in Rockingham County, like much of that region, has lost much over the past several decades. Tobacco and cigarettes, textiles...
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State superintendent, governor oppose arming teachers
State Superintendent Mark Johnson joined a chorus of voices against arming teachers in the wake of the Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead. “We already ask so much of our educators. I do not believe we should ask them to take on another massive responsibility of having firearms in the classroom,” Johnson wrote...
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UNC-G faces unexpected challenges, opportunities with lab school
GREENSBORO — UNC Greensboro will take over a low-performing Rockingham County elementary school this year, a chance for student teachers and administrators to lend a hand to struggling children and families. There’s just one problem. UNC-G isn’t in the habit of operating a school educating pre-teens — and organizers are scrambling to meet a tight...
