Analysts for both the General Assembly's nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division and the Office of State Budget and Management predicted a total net drop in expected collections of $5 billion for the current budget biennium. The figure includes an expected $4.2 billion drop, or 8.2%, in General…

The Tillis for Senate campaign today announced the leadership team of its “Women For Tillis” coalition. This group of 17 women from all across North Carolina will lead the effort to organize those who support Senator Tillis, as well as assist the campaign in spreading his pro-women…

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.8 million grant to the town of Fair Bluff, North Carolina, to construct the Town of Fair Bluff Small Business Center. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts…

Dr. Ibrahim Oudeh, his wife Teresa Sloan-Oudeh, and Dr. Oudeh’s medical practice agreed to relinquish approximately $3,300,000 worth of assets and further agreed to a conditional consent judgment in the amount of $5,500,000 to settle civil False Claims Act liability for allegedly false…

University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper has named Brian Cole as the ninth chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Cole joined UNCSA in 2016 as dean of the School of Music and has served as interim chancellor since August 2019. He will…