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Oversight lawmakers accuse Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools of skirting Parents’ Bill of Rights law

April 24, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — For the second time in five months, the North Carolina House Oversight Committee summoned Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Rodney Trice to answer for alleged violations of the Parents’ Bill of Rights law. […]

Lawmakers issue letters to Charlotte officials over safety, crime

January 10, 2026 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

Hall creates property tax reform committee

December 19, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

Lawmakers request hearing with Chapel Hill-Carrboro school leaders

November 7, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

Senate budget targets NCInnovation funds

April 30, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

NCInnovation in compliance, according to audit

March 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

John Bell settles in new role as rules chair

March 21, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

Boliek issues memo on NIH policy change compliance

March 13, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

House bill would reclaim $500M in NCInnovation funds

February 28, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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 […]

House bill proposes ‘no tax on tips’

February 8, 2025 A.P. Dillon

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: […]