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Duke Energy signs pledge to shield ratepayers from data center costs
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (1012+ words) Duke Energy has joined the Trump administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, promising to support measures intended to prevent households and small businesses from paying for the power plants and grid infrastructure needed to serve rapidly expanding data centers. The utility’s participation…...
EXCLUSIVE: Private posts credit NC lawmaker with securing $300K for gated community where he lives
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (1025+ words) Members of a private Facebook group for a gated Harnett County community credited Rep. Joe Pike, R-Harnett, who lives there, with helping secure $300,000 in state funding for its property owners’ association, according to screenshots obtained exclusively by Carolina Journal. Carolina…...
4th Circuit tosses longer sentence in NC case of felon gun possession
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (648+ words) The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a 15-year prison sentence for a North Carolina man convicted of being a felon possessing a gun. The split 2-1 ruling faulted the trial judge’s handling of issues linked to the Armed…...
NC’s elections are strong. Now let’s build the next generation.
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (1594+ words) Listen to this story (15 minutes) As I conclude my service as elections liaison for the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor and return to the private sector, I leave with something I did not fully expect when I accepted…...
Duke settlement lowers rate hike, NC households still face 9.5% increase
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (931+ words) Duke Energy Carolinas residential customers would see their electricity rates rise approximately 9.5% over two years under a proposed settlement that substantially reduces the utility’s original request but has drawn criticism from Gov. Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson. Duke…...
4th Circuit could hear NC abortion drug case in October
11+ hour, 57+ min ago (1106+ words) Listen to this story (16 minutes) The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals could hear oral arguments this fall in a case involving a challenge to North Carolina’s restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone. Court records indicate the case Bryant v. Moore…...
UNC seeks summary judgment in suit over secret SCiLL report
13+ hour, 25+ min ago (1136+ words) Listen to this story (13 minutes) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argues in a new court filing that a $1.2 million report on its School of Civic Life is full of material “cover to cover” that exempts it from…...
Free markets can promote affordability
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (455+ words) If formal surveys and social-media tracking offer useful signals — flawed as they may be, they’re superior to motivated reasoning or rank speculation — affordability tops the priority list for those most likely to cast ballots this fall. Here are ideas that…...
Locke’s Donald Bryson assesses proposed Duke Energy rate hike
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (154+ words) John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson discusses the factors contributing to Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike. Bryson offered these comments during the July 24, 2026, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.” Donald Bryson is CEO of the John Locke Foundation. The…...
Audit finds $97.3M in NC DPS financial reporting errors
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (774+ words) The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS) had $97.3 million in financial reporting errors for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025, according to an audit released on Wednesday by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (NCOSA). NCDPS is…...