Today’s NC Political News brief
UNC System leaders warned that growing athletics costs could place additional pressure on university finances and academic resources.
News and Opinion
College-sports overhaul advances with support from North Carolina senators
Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd supported advancing a federal college-sports bill that would reshape compensation and protections at North Carolina universities.
North Carolina Senate forms statewide property-tax reform committee
A new bipartisan Senate committee will study North Carolina property-tax policy as voters prepare to consider a constitutional limit on local revenue growth.
North Carolina awards $14.4 million to bring WTA Finals to Charlotte
North Carolina will provide a $14.4 million grant from its major-events fund to support three years of WTA Finals tournaments in Charlotte.
North Carolina joins $694 million settlement over subprime auto loans
North Carolina borrowers are slated to receive about $7.5 million in debt relief and nearly $2 million in restitution under a multistate auto-lending settlement.
Trump campaigns for Whatley as North Carolina Senate race intensifies
President Donald Trump campaigned with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley as North Carolina’s statewide contest against Democrat Roy Cooper enters its final weeks.
NC Appeals Court upholds transfer of elections-board power to Auditor Dave Boliek
A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the law that moved appointment power over the State Board of Elections and county election boards from Gov. Josh Stein to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek.
Op-Ed: Carson Butts: North Carolina Can’t Solve Its Housing Crisis by Restricting Investment
Housing affordability has become one of North Carolina’s most urgent economic challenges. Rising rents, persistent inflation, and higher everyday expenses are straining household budgets across the state. In a statewide poll earlier this year, 70% of North Carolinians, across the political spectrum, described housing as unaffordable.
Today’s NC Political News briefs
North Carolina boards and agencies prepare for election-rule review, education grants, a coastal regulatory decision and a State Board of Community Colleges meeting.
North Carolina receives nearly $7 million for 988 and behavioral-health services
Three federal grants totaling approximately $7 million will support North Carolina’s 988 crisis line, mobile crisis teams and maternal substance-use treatment.
Stein calls for legislative solution to give North Carolina film incentive greater certainty
Gov. Josh Stein says his administration wants to work with legislators to provide greater certainty for North Carolina’s publicly funded film-production incentive.
NC College Connect expands direct admission to every graduating public school senior
More than 105,000 North Carolina public school seniors will receive at least one direct college admission offer under an expansion of NC College Connect.