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Charlotte City Council Takes Up Nine-Month Extension of Data Center Building Pause
The council was scheduled to vote Monday on adding nine months to a 150-day construction moratorium that expires Nov. 5, while city staff finish new zoning, noise and power rules.
N.C. A&T Awarded Five-Year, $10 Million Department of War Grant for AI, Autonomy and Quantum Research
The Greensboro university says the award, made through a Department of War program for historically Black colleges and minority-serving institutions, will fund a new program called Accelerate-DAQ and support its bid for top-tier research status.
NC Regulators Weigh Duke Energy Progress Rate Settlement That the Company Calls a 6.8% Residential Increase and the Attorney General Calls 9.3%
Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas each filed settlements this summer cutting their original rate requests; both now sit with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, and Attorney General Jeff Jackson declined to sign either one.
Two Progressive Groups Start Door-Knocking Campaign Against North Carolina's Income and Property Tax Amendments on the Nov. 3 Ballot
Down Home North Carolina and the Carolina Federation say they will canvass against a 3.5% state income tax ceiling and a required limit on local property tax growth, both placed on the ballot by the Republican-led General Assembly in May.
North Carolina and 11 Local Governments Reach $455 Million PFAS Settlement With Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, Plus a $135 Million Reserve Fund
State officials valued the deal at $590 million and called it North Carolina's largest environmental damages recovery; the cash is paid over 15 years, and Wilmington's water utility says its own lawsuit continues.
Trump to Campaign for Whatley in Gastonia on Sept. 16; Elon Poll Puts Cooper Ahead 49-38 Among Likely Voters
The Elon University Poll released Sept. 10 showed the same 11-point margin as its August survey, with more voters undecided; other recent polls show a tighter race.
VinFast Asks Court to Dismiss North Carolina's Suit Over Chatham Megasite, Says Concrete Footers Met Construction Deadline
In an 80-page state court filing this month, the Vietnamese automaker denies breaching its deal and blames delays on the state, while North Carolina's attorney general argues a missed "vertical construction" deadline lets the state buy the 1,765-acre site back.
National Weather Service Forecasts Rain From a Coastal Low in Central North Carolina Starting Sept. 15, With Isolated Flash Flooding Possible
Forecasters expect up to about 1.5 inches of rain in Raleigh and up to 3 inches east of the Triangle through midweek, with a 10% chance of up to 5 inches in Wayne and Wilson counties.
NC Utilities Commission Holds Sept. 9 Hearing on Duke Energy's 850-Megawatt Simple-Cycle Gas Plant in Rowan County
Duke Energy Carolinas is asking state regulators to certify two gas-fired combustion turbines at its Buck site, with data-center growth at the center of the fight over whether the plant is needed and who should pay for it.
North Carolina Awards $125,000 Grant for SteelFab's $19 Million Fayetteville Expansion and 38 Jobs
Gov. Josh Stein and the state Commerce Department announced the Cumberland County project on Sept. 9; city and county governments had already approved a separate $691,037 in local incentives.
NC Supreme Court Sets Nov. 10 Arguments in Two Stein-Legislature Appointment Power Cases
The court allotted 2.5 hours, split between a dispute over filling appellate judicial vacancies and a dispute over the makeup of state boards and commissions.
All Five Living Former NC Governors File Brief Backing Stein in Appointment-Power Cases Set for Nov. 10 Argument
Democrats Cooper, Perdue and Easley and Republicans McCrory and Martin asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to accept a joint friend-of-the-court brief in Stein v. Berger and Stein v. Hall, two consolidated challenges to laws limiting the governor's board and judicial-vacancy appointments.