Recent Articles from Emery Dalesio, AP business writer
NC wind farm a go
North Carolina’s first large-scale wind farm is fully operational despite efforts by some of the state’s most powerful politicians to shut down the $400 million project as a possible national […]
Taking the wind out of security
RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina legislators want the incoming Trump administration to shut down a nearly complete, $400 million wind farm they believe poses a national security threat because it’s too […]
NC court backs decision against home insurance rate increase
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s insurance commissioner had plenty of justification to reject a request by insurers to raise homeowners’ premiums by an average of 25 percent, the state Court of […]
NC Senate bids $2B corporate, personal tax cuts over 5 years
RALEIGH — Leaders in the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday floated a new round of corporate and personal tax cuts, unveiling a plan that reduces state revenues by a further $2 […]
US judge: Riverbed property rights next in Alcoa dams fight
RALEIGH — A federal judge ruled this week that boats could not navigate North Carolina’s second-largest river system at the time of American independence, a decision that helps Alcoa Inc. as […]
Judge peers to US independence as NC fights Alcoa dams title
RALEIGH — Colonial-era land grants and settlement patterns on North Carolina’s frontier are among the evidence a federal judge will consider at a trial opening Tuesday that will determine ownership of […]
Incentives gap narrows as NC lost Mercedes HQ to Georgia
RALEIGH — North Carolina officials are looking back at a second failed effort to attract a major carmaker’s American headquarters as the state looks ahead to luring Volvo’s first-ever U.S. assembly […]
Duke Energy to pay $146M to settle lawsuit over CEO ouster
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — America’s largest electric company said Tuesday that it is settling a lawsuit that claimed shareholders lost millions of dollars when Duke Energy surprised investors by ousting […]
NC among Southern states aiming to lure big car plants, jobs
RALEIGH — Southern politicians are heating up their recruiting in hopes of landing a big auto manufacturing plant and the potential of thousands of high-paying jobs. North Carolina officials have been […]
Civilians welcomed at Fort Bragg homes as Army ranks thin
RALEIGH — As the Army thins its ranks, competition to fill rental homes around and even on Fort Bragg is heating up. The private company managing homes on Fort Bragg […]
NC regulator says no to homeowners rate increase
RALEIGH – North Carolina insurance companies that wanted to raise the cost of homeowners coverage by an average of roughly 25 percent were told Dec. 19 that the state’s regulator is instead […]
UPDATED: McCrory shuffles NC business, environment heads
RALEIGH — The head of North Carolina’s key business-recruiting agency is stepping down to be replaced by the environment agency head, Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker is leaving at […]
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