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Environmental advocates called on Duke Energy to lower its rate hike request on August 11, 2026. (Photo: Talton Gibson/NC League of Conservation Voters)
By Christine Zhu
Environmental activists and a Democratic state lawmaker are calling on Duke Energy to lower its rate hike request as the North Carolina Utilities Commission reviews its case.
Evidentiary hearings for Duke Energy Progress’ rate case start this week before the Utilities Commission, which will determine how much the company can raise residential electric rates beginning next year. .
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley and Kisha Scotton, bureau chief for the Wage and Hour Division, discuss the recovery of $3.7 million in unpaid wages for workers during a August 11, 2026, press conference. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Clayton Henkel
“When you put in the work, you deserve to be paid every single penny that you’ve been promised.”
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley announced Tuesday that his department recovered a record $3.7 million in unpaid wages for workers in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The recovery helped workers in 89 of North Carolina’s 100 counties and represented a significant increase over the previous fiscal year, when $2.5 million was recovered.
By Lynn Bonner
A Moore County family has won a settlement from the county over allegations that the social services department would not return custody of children with disabilities to their mother after she received cancer treatment.
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump covertly traveled across Europe in a military plane in July after Iran threatened his life, according to a bombshell report Monday night by The Washington Post that revealed press and White House officials remained on a decoy Air Force One.
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