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• 5 NC Regulators Weigh Duke Energy Progress Rate Settlement That the Company Calls a 6.8% Residential Increase and the Attorney General Calls 9.3%
• 5 Two Progressive Groups Start Door-Knocking Campaign Against North Carolina's Income and Property Tax Amendments on the Nov. 3 Ballot
• 4 North Carolina and 11 Local Governments Reach $455 Million PFAS Settlement With Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, Plus a $135 Million Reserve Fund
• 5 VinFast Asks Court to Dismiss North Carolina's Suit Over Chatham Megasite, Says Concrete Footers Met Construction Deadline
• 5 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
• 3 NC Supreme Court Hears TikTok's Personal-Jurisdiction Appeal in State Youth-Safety Suit
• 4 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
• 5 FEMA Obligates $137 Million More for North Carolina Helene Recovery as Home Buyout Approvals Continue
• 4 North Carolina's 100 County Boards Begin Mailing Absentee Ballots Sept. 4 While USPS Rule Stays Blocked by Court Order
• 5 Trump Signs Funding Bill Moving Federal Hemp THC Limits to Dec. 11; NC House Vote on HB 328 Set for November
• 5 North Carolina Releases 2025-26 End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Test Results
• 4 NC Utilities Commission Waives Notice and Hearing Rules for 1.31-Mile Power Line to Vulcan Elements Magnet Plant