Thursday, July 17, 2025

NC State Wire

Why Roy Cooper runs is easy; why he would not is ‘supposed to be hard’

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Why Roy Cooper runs is easy; why he would not is ‘supposed to be hard’

(The Center Square) – As North Carolina politics grasps seat edges and awaits the ultimate duo competing to succeed U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, there is an essence to why there is a wait.

To borrow from “A League of... Read more


Lawsuit asks Massachusetts court to stop termination of FEMA program

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Lawsuit asks Massachusetts court to stop termination of FEMA program

(The Center Square) – More than two months after a bicameral, bipartisan request led by two North Carolina Republican congressmen, states with 19 Democratic governors and one Republican are suing the Trump administration for FEMA money.

Attorney General Jeff... Read more


Hayes: Eligible voters will not leave North Carolina rolls

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Hayes: Eligible voters will not leave North Carolina rolls

(The Center Square) – The Registration Repair Project will not cause eligible voters to be removed from voter rolls, North Carolina's executive director of the State Board of Elections said Thursday.

Sam Hayes, mired in litigation from the U.S.... Read more


Poll: Identity of who to get out for Republicans in 2026 is clear

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Poll: Identity of who to get out for Republicans in 2026 is clear

(The Center Square) – Polling of North Carolina voters identifying as right of center and participants in one of the last two presidential elections are pivotal in the 2026 cycle that will determine a successor to Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis.

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Sun won’t shine the same on college players, coaches in North Carolina

Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Sun won’t shine the same on college players, coaches in North Carolina

(The Center Square) – On public college campuses in North Carolina, how much the head coach of an athletics team is paid is subject to open records laws.

For players in the new era of pay for play, those... Read more


America's 250th celebrations underway in North Carolina

Wed, 16 Jul 2025
America's 250th celebrations underway in North Carolina

(The Center Square) – North Carolina, first of the colonial governments to call for complete independence from Great Britain through the Halifax Resolves, has events this month in conjunction with the nation's celebration of its 250th anniversary.

Events are... Read more


Silence remains for top Democrats on party resolution against Israel

Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Silence remains for top Democrats on party resolution against Israel

(The Center Square) – Silence is speaking volumes from the highest elected Democrats from North Carolina on their party’s pivotal foreign policy resolution.

Publicly, none of the four in the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a stand nor... Read more


Crypto Week: Scam prevention in North Carolina, failure on Capitol Hill

Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Crypto Week: Scam prevention in North Carolina, failure on Capitol Hill

(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s attorney general and secretary of state on Tuesday of "Crypto Week" took aim at scams utilizing the electronic cash system surging in popularity.

It came within hours of a failed vote on Capitol... Read more


Injunctive relief sought against education grant review

Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Injunctive relief sought against education grant review

(The Center Square) – Nearly 1,000 educator jobs in North Carolina and $165 million in federal funding is threatened because the Trump administration is reviewing an estimated $6 billion in grants, says North Carolina’s attorney general.

Second-term Republican President... Read more


North Carolina vehicle fuel, charging prices better national norms

Tue, 15 Jul 2025
North Carolina vehicle fuel, charging prices better national norms

(The Center Square) – Transportation energy prices are only 2 cents higher than the beginning of the calendar year for the majority of North Carolinians.

The average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline statewide is $2.88, down 3... Read more


UNC System, ReUp Education bringing students back to campus

Mon, 14 Jul 2025
UNC System, ReUp Education bringing students back to campus

(The Center Square) – In 1990, Dan Apple was more than halfway through his undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when he decided to leave school for the workforce.

“I mistakenly thought that I knew... Read more


Gergen, who served 4 times in red and blue White Houses, dies

Sun, 13 Jul 2025
Gergen, who served 4 times in red and blue White Houses, dies

(The Center Square) – North Carolina native David Gergen, advisor to the White Houses of Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, has died. He was 83.

Born in Durham and educated at Yale (undergraduate) and Harvard (law), Gergen’s career included... Read more


Veto override promises in place on immigration policy bills

Sun, 13 Jul 2025
Veto override promises in place on immigration policy bills

(The Center Square) – Fifty-two of 104 vetoes in North Carolina’s last gubernatorial administration were overturned by the General Assembly.

Tests for first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein are on the way. He issued 14 in 20 days, and more... Read more


Opioid settlement nets $23M for North Carolina

Sat, 12 Jul 2025
Opioid settlement nets $23M for North Carolina

(The Center Square) – A Pennsylvania company boasting the reach of 1 billion patients annually and twice consecutively recognized by TIME magazine’s most sustainable companies list is paying nine states more than a quarter-billion dollars over the next years.

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New York manufacturer chooses Winston-Salem for $11.4M facility

Fri, 11 Jul 2025
New York manufacturer chooses Winston-Salem for $11.4M facility

(The Center Square) – GMAX Industries, maker of medical disposable products in the health care industry, has chosen North Carolina for an $11.4 million production facility.

The Hauppauge, N.Y.-based manufacturer, billing itself as a minority-owned company, will be in... Read more


Audit: Oversight of $1.5B pact, provider issues are albatross to Medicaid

Thu, 10 Jul 2025
Audit: Oversight of $1.5B pact, provider issues are albatross to Medicaid

(The Center Square) – Improved oversight of a $1.5 billion contract involving Medicaid and North Carolina’s Health Department is one of two significant findings in a performance audit released Thursday.

The other involves patient safety vulnerabilities, according to the... Read more


Congresswoman introduces Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution

Thu, 10 Jul 2025
Congresswoman introduces Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution

(The Center Square) – Black women, says a North Carolina congresswoman, “work twice as hard to get half as far.”

And the inequity, says Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., is staggering.

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State of Business: North Carolina No. 1 for 3rd time in 4 years

Thu, 10 Jul 2025
State of Business: North Carolina No. 1 for 3rd time in 4 years

(The Center Square) – North Carolina is the nation’s No. 1 in the 2025 America’s Top States for Business, CNBC said Thursday morning.

In a presentation from the Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington, network anchor Scott Cohn said the... Read more


Nonprofit donor legislation vetoed by North Carolina governor

Wed, 09 Jul 2025
Nonprofit donor legislation vetoed by North Carolina governor

(The Center Square) – Saying it created “more opportunity for dark money in our politics,” North Carolina first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein on Wednesday vetoed legislation tied to decisions on the First Amendment, transparency and privacy in donations to nonprofits.

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Nine proposals signed into North Carolina law

Wed, 09 Jul 2025
Nine proposals signed into North Carolina law

(The Center Square) – In a vote of support for active military and veterans along with supply chain infrastructure, nine proposals on the desk of first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein were signed into law on Wednesday.

Three others were... Read more