(The Center Square) – Nipro, manufacturer of medical surgical and renal products, has been lured to North Carolina by an incentive package of more than $13 million. The 70-year-old Japanese company secured a $2.48 million grant from the state toward a $397 million manufacturing center and American headquarters. It is eligible for other assistance such […]
(The Center Square) — State agencies own vast amounts of rural lands, which limits the tax base for small communities and townships. With the new state budget, those local governments will see more payments to balance out fiscal limitations. The extra funding, a $1.80 increase, comes from slot machine revenues, and state agencies will pay […]
(The Center Square) — As the Port of Baltimore continues to recover from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the city of Suffolk, Va., continues to pursue the development of a major port complex – with a newly announced $30 million in infrastructure funding from the commonwealth. The Port 460 Logistics Center Development is […]
(The Center Square) – Georgia consumer groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the state, saying lawmakers violated the state’s constitution by passing legislation that delays Georgia Public Service Commission elections. Georgia-based attorneys Bryan Sells and Lester Tate filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Georgia WAND Education Fund, the Georgia Conservation Voters and Brionté […]
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday night urged Americans to secure the border by returning former President Donald Trump to the White House as president. “As the governor of the largest border state,” Abbott said, “America needs a president who will secure our border. America needs Donald J. Trump.” “The president’s […]
(The Center Square) – Direction of taxpayer funds from the world’s largest pork producer by North Carolina’s Democratic candidate for governor has been stopped by a Superior Court judge. Attorney General Josh Stein, Gov. Roy Cooper and state Controller Nels Roseland were dealt defeat by a Randolph County pastor, Jonathan Burris, suing on behalf of […]
Gas prices dropped again Thursday, marking a fourth consecutive weekday of decreases at the pumps. The price of gas continues to be a much-discussed topic during President Joe Biden’s time in office. Prices have cooled this week, as the country has experienced several straight days of decreasing prices for gas. On Thursday, the national average […]
Former President Donald Trump is taking the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision and running full speed ahead with it as he seeks to blow up his criminal cases in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. Trump’s attorneys are poised to argue that the election interference case in Washington is riddled with unusable evidence based on the high […]
Progressives helped lift President Joe Biden to the presidency in 2020, and he’s going for broke in recent days trying to shore up his support among that segment of the Democratic Party in the final months of the 2024 election. The president has spent all of July working to reassure Democrats he remains fit enough […]
The supreme court of South Korea upheld a ruling on Thursday that granted spousal benefits to LGBT relationships. The country’s top court’s ruling allowed those in same-sex relationships to be eligible for state health insurance, Reuters reported. It was a reinforcement of a decision in 2023 by the Seoul High Court that declared an LGBT […]
