Carolina Journal

U.S. right (libertarian/free-market)

Stories

• 4 NC Regulators Weigh Duke Energy Progress Rate Settlement That the Company Calls a 6.8% Residential Increase and the Attorney General Calls 9.3%
• 6 Two Progressive Groups Start Door-Knocking Campaign Against North Carolina's Income and Property Tax Amendments on the Nov. 3 Ballot
• 2 North Carolina and 11 Local Governments Reach $455 Million PFAS Settlement With Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, Plus a $135 Million Reserve Fund
• 6 VinFast Asks Court to Dismiss North Carolina's Suit Over Chatham Megasite, Says Concrete Footers Met Construction Deadline
• 6 NC Utilities Commission Holds Sept. 9 Hearing on Duke Energy's 850-Megawatt Simple-Cycle Gas Plant in Rowan County
• 3 All Five Living Former NC Governors File Brief Backing Stein in Appointment-Power Cases Set for Nov. 10 Argument
• 5 NC Audit Finds Lottery Sales Rose to $6.6 Billion in FY2025 While Education Transfers Held Near $1.08 Billion
• 4 NC Supreme Court Hears TikTok's Personal-Jurisdiction Appeal in State Youth-Safety Suit
• 5 North Carolina Report Finds Reported Crime Down in All Four Major Categories From January Through June 2026
• 4 First $55 Million Round of North Carolina's $193.5 Million Helene Infrastructure Grant Program Closes; State Sources List Sept. 8 and Sept. 16 Deadlines
• 6 Oxfam's 2026 Best States to Work Index Ranks North Carolina Last Among 52 States and Territories
• 4 Federal Judge Denies Kyrsten Sinema's Motion to Dismiss North Carolina 'Alienation of Affection' Suit, Citing Nine Messages
• 6 FEMA Obligates $137 Million More for North Carolina Helene Recovery as Home Buyout Approvals Continue
• 6 Pardee Hospital's Buncombe County Patient Count Rose From 12,973 in 2019 to 20,981 in 2025 as HCA's Mission Heads to Trial
• 5 Wake County Hospital Systems Seek More Than 700 New Acute-Care Beds; State Plan Allots 233