Lucas Thomae | Carolina Public Press
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Provider tiers were meant to be a tourniquet for NC State Health Plan that was bleeding money. Status of Atrium has created major headaches. -
Weather proved bad for corn but good for sweet potatoes. Other crops fell somewhere in between for NC farmers, but diesel prices were a drag. -
Florida-based Paradigm promised jobs from a battery plant in storm-battered Burnsville. With no progress, Yancey Co. wants acreage returned. -
The five-year sunset of price caps draws criticism. Atrium deal for WakeMed still needs approval from the North Carolina Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. -
Some want NC courts to strike down the certificate-of-need law, legislative repeal, or partial reforms. Hospital lobby likes things as they are. -
The program won’t try to eliminate NC maternity deserts, but will find ways to ease burden on rural mothers needing obstetric healthcare. -
Despite some rains in May, most of NC has been exceptionally dry since August, affecting farmers and water utilities, while raising fire risk. -
North Carolina Utilities Commission chair has told Duke Energy to halt procurement of solar energy resources. It’s not clear he has that authority. -
Limited data makes wandering officers hard to count in NC, but CPP identified nearly 700 current cops whose previous agencies fired them. -
Water pollution from synthetic chemicals needs NC regulations with more teeth than what state board proposes, environmental advocates say.
