Posts By Scott Stone

Erik Spanberg, Charlotte Business Journal – It’s been tried many times before and failed, but Charlotte city government leaders want to take another look at longer terms and higher pay …
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Gary D. Robertson, AP – A blue-ribbon panel called Friday on North Carolina to boost transportation spending by 40% through the next decade to improve its “mediocre” infrastructure of highways, …
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Michael Hyland, CBS17 WNCN – Republican state legislative leaders say they plan to question officials in Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration next week about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the CDC …
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The Coastland Times – The Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet in Dare County has been named 2020’s “Bridge of the Year” by American Infrastructure magazine. The 2.8-mile bridge opened …
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T. Keung Hui, Charlotte Observer – North Carolina’s efforts to make its social studies standards more inclusive are drawing complaints from some critics that the guidelines are promoting a political …
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Richard Barron, Greensboro News & Record – In an effort to stem a tide of violence washing over the city, elected officials are discussing a new ordinance that would target …
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W. Curt Vincent, Laurinburg Exchange – A revised bill in the North Carolina Senate has rebranded the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport’s governing body and given Scotland County more representation on that board. …
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Matt Bush, Blue Ridge Public Radio – The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes next week. After all the campaign rhetoric and money of 2020, the partisan makeup of Raleigh will …
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Kevin Frey, Spectrum News – With the start of the 117th Congress, North Carolina has three fresh faces on Capitol Hill. On Sunday on the U.S. House floor, Democrats Deborah …
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WXII12 – There are more than a dozen new laws and state plans that go into effect on Jan. 1 in North Carolina.