(The Center Square) – A key to controlling increases in North Carolina state employee health care costs lies is lowering the number of patients with “chronic” diseases such as diabetes, heart conditions, cancer and arthritis, the director of the program said Friday.
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(The Center Square) – Gamblers wagered more and won less than a month earlier on the way to delivering a new second-highest month of tax proceeds through legal sports wagering in North Carolina.
In its report Thursday, the State... Read more
(The Center Square) – Wolfspeed, the silicon carbide power solutions company headquartered in North Carolina once in line for three-quarters of $1 billion from the Biden administration, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy strengthened by $698.6 million in cash tax refunds from the IRS.
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(The Center Square) – Parental notification when foreign governments or entities provide funding, materials or support to a child’s public school drew opposition Thursday from three North Carolinians in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Reps. Alma Adams, Deborah Ross... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolinians are in general agreement with the nation on the direction of the country, approval rating of the president, and opinion on securing America’s southern border, a new poll says.
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(The Center Square) – Enhanced enforcement of immigration laws in North Carolina’s largest city resulted in more than 400 arrests.
Led by Gregory Bovino, chief patrol agent of the El Centro Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Charlotte’s... Read more
(The Center Square) – America’s most expensive U.S. Senate race in history is set following Wednesday’s official filing by North Carolina Democrat Roy Cooper.
Republican Michael Whatley turned in paperwork a day earlier. Postures, credits and blame for the... Read more
(The Center Square) – Homeschool students in North Carolina or anywhere else across the country should not be discriminated against at time for application to college, says a congressman from the 8th Congressional District.
Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., on... Read more
(The Center Square) – An eastern North Carolina Baptist church, the Head Start program and a community college are among the entities with involuntary closures of CDL training programs in North Carolina, research from TCS shows.
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(The Center Square) – Formal filing to win a seat in the U.S. Senate is done for Republican Michael Whatley and awaited for Democrat Roy Cooper.
Whatley joined a field of two others for the Super Tuesday primary on... Read more
(The Center Square) – Republican Michael Whatley will go through at least a three-candidate primary in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat from North Carolina.
Candidate filing for the 2026 midterms opened Monday at noon and the five-hour... Read more
(The Center Square) – Iryna’s Law and a new law allowing certain people at certain K-12 schools to carry a firearm are among parts of 18 new laws in North Carolina enacted Monday.
Cashless bail for violent and repeat... Read more
(The Center Square) – A series of changes in the North Carolina state health plan have wiped out projected budget deficits but staff officials on Monday did not rule out additional premium increases to maintain the plan’s financial stability.
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(The Center Square) – Nothing like Helene, and nothing like three hurricanes making landfall in 66 days.
Sunday’s end to the hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin was welcomed from the Gulf states to the Atlantic seaboard, with gratitude... Read more
(The Center Square) – Three bills in their entirety, including one that overcame a gubernatorial veto, were enacted into North Carolina law Monday with the turn of the calendar.
Dec. 1 is among the most popular dates for the... Read more
(The Center Square) – More than 71% of North Carolina voter registrations added in the past week chose to be unaffiliated rather than Democrats, Republicans, Libertarian or Green Party.
The State Board of Elections’ update on Saturday showed 4,015... Read more
(The Center Square) – Previously surging up before the Thanksgiving holiday, transportation energy prices in North Carolina on Monday are in retreat and just 2 cents above a mark not seen in just over 15 years.
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(The Center Square) – Bread prices have risen from a month ago in the capital city of North Carolina.
Three other staples of the family budget for consumers remain steady.
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(The Center Square) – Eighteen counties either have changed tiers in the annual release of economic health from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
The “tier” rankings, starting with 1 for the most economically distressed and 3 for the... Read more
(The Center Square) – Voters in the Coastal Plains of North Carolina are on track for new congressional maps in the 2026 midterms.
The 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts are changed from the 2024 presidential cycle in the map... Read more
