RALEIGH — Near the end of 2025, the co-chairs of the N.C. House Select Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters to officials from both the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County related to crime […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Granite Falls) has formed a new House Select Committee to examine property tax reform. “For too long, local governments have steadily increased property taxes,” Hall said in […]
RALEIGH — Lawmakers on the North Carolina House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education Chair George Griffin and Superintendent Rodney Trice requesting they testify about the district’s failure […]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s Senate budget includes a provision reshaping the $500 million in endowment funds previously given to a nonprofit in 2023 for accelerating university research being brought to the marketplace. In […]
RALEIGH — A new audit report says a group given $500 million in endowments by the legislature for research grant acceleration is complying with state law. NCInnovation (NCI), a nonprofit organization set up to expedite […]
RALEIGH — Rep. John Bell (R-Wayne), now settled into his new role as the powerful House Operations and Rules chair, said taking on the new spot has “been busy.” “I’ve gone from trying to deal […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek has issued a memorandum to UNC System school chief financial officers and finance leaders regarding changes in the National Institutes of Health’s research grant policies. “Our financial […]
RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House seeks to reclaim money allocated to a nonprofit for accelerating marketplace commercialization of state university research and development projects. In 2023, the General Assembly allocated […]
RALEIGH — A bill filed in the state House is proposing “no tax on tips” for service industry workers as well as on overtime pay and bonus pay. House Bill 11 has four primary sponsors: […]
RALEIGH — In a recent House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, the head of the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles faced tough questions from lawmakers regarding the agency’s compliance with state laws. Testifying under […]
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