Recent polling shows growing opposition to data centers in North Carolina. That trend is being reflected across the state Monday, with three more cities and counties considering putting data project developments on pause, while a proposal to build one in Raleigh was withdrawn Saturday.
Congress must pass a government funding bill before the new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1 in order to avoid a shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections.
Families who believe local officials prematurely ruled their loved ones’ deaths suicides or accidents — rather than investigating whether domestic violence played a role — are pushing lawmakers in a growing number of states to require additional scrutiny.
The North Carolina Education Lottery, now 20 years old, continues to set new records, but officials say future success may depend on increasing visibility, national jackpot games, and retaining lottery employees.
The North Carolina Department of Commerce estimates that data centers could soon cost the state $450 million a year under current tax exemptions.
Republican members of the Jackson County Board of Elections say they were told by party leaders to vote against a campus polling place at Western Carolina.
While Tucker County residents struggle o get answers from Fundamental Data about its proposed data center, a company representative spoke at a city council meeting nearly 400 miles away sharing details about the Tucker County project and urging his own local officials to adopt data center safeguards that West Virginia law doesn’t allow.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued waivers this year to allow extended sales of the blend. E15, often sold at gas stations as Unleaded 88, will be widely available this summer as “the result of ongoing issues in the Middle East, among other events,” EPA said in a statement.
North Carolina is reporting 561 cases of cyclosporiasis as of July 20, 2026, but the cause of the state’s growing outbreak remains a mystery.
The U.S. House Thursday rejected a proposal to rein in President Donald Trump’s months-long military actions in Iran that have left more than a dozen U.S. military members dead, while killing thousands of civilians and displacing millions in the Middle East, according to third-party monitors.