Op-Ed: Kristen Bell: Rebuilding Western North Carolina Means Building More Homes
Western North Carolina’s recovery from Hurricane Helene is far from over, but progress is taking shape.
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State audit says Raleigh underpass funding rose 41% amid delays
RALEIGH - State auditors say funding for the Blue Ridge Road Underpass Project climbed from $50.7 million in 2018 to $71.6 million in 2025 as its expected completion slipped to spring 2027.
Op-Ed: Sen. Michael Lazzara – America is the land of opportunity
Shortly after leaving active service in the U.S. Marine Corps, I become a local businessman, operating multiple pizza restaurants and a sign making business. As a legislator, I care about small businessowners because they are living proof that America is the land of opportunity.
Labcorp settlement brings $100,427 to NC, requires stronger vendor security
A multistate agreement requires stronger oversight of companies handling Labcorp patient information and includes a payment to North Carolina.
John Hood: Downtowns Change, Like It or Not
Four years ago, communities in North Carolina and beyond were reeling from the COVID-induced Great Suppression. After spiking into double digits in April 2020, the state’s headline jobless rate was still a painful 7.3% by August, with some 376,000 fewer North Carolinians employed than on the eve of the pandemic.
Inaugural North Carolina bring your legislator to school day announced
The Inaugural North Carolina Bring Your Legislator to School Day will take place on May 15, 2023. Members of the NC Teacher of the Year and Principal of the Year Network, the Public School Forum of North Carolina, and bi-partisan legislative sponsors kicked off the initiative by inviting the entire North Carolina General Assembly to visit schools in their respective jurisdictions and engage with school communities. Currently over 40 legislators have accepted the invitation.
OPINION: Judge exposes activist group’s dubious legal tactic
The activist group Emancipate NC can continue to work with Raleigh residents fighting police in federal court over a 2020 raid. But the group cannot continue to take part in the case as a plaintiff.
Raleigh-based First Citizens agrees to buy failed SVB
Raleigh-based First Citizens has agreed to buy the failed SVB (Silicon Valley Bank). The FDIC issued a statement late Sunday that they agreed on the sale of all deposits and loans of the troubled bank.
Let’s try building back faster
It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest low-rise office building, the Pentagon, was built in 16 months. Can you imagine a project even a tenth the size of the Pentagon being constructed that quickly today?
Governor Cooper announces nomination of special Superior Court Judge
Governor Roy Cooper announced today the nomination of Judge Tenisha Jacobs to serve as Special Superior Court Judge with a designation to the Business Court. She has been nominated to serve as a Special Superior Court Judge to fill the vacancy that was created on December 30, 2021.
North Carolina jobs and GDP economy fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels in 2021
North Carolina’s economy fully returned to the employment level it enjoyed before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into an economic recession, state economists said Monday. The state’s economy recovered to pre-pandemic employment levels in July of 2021 and the GDP even earlier, and the state’s economy continues to grow despite concerns of inflation and high gas prices.
Property rights are worth defending
There’s always a cost to protecting property rights. No rational person has ever suggested otherwise. In free societies that place a high value on the individual right to own and control private property, it’s more expensive for governments to build roads or public facilities.