Associated Press

The president will visit expanding Durham company Wolfspeed Tuesday to talk about his administration’s investment in infrastructure, COVID relief, and research.

Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon.

For more than a decade, Republicans blocked a federally-funded expansion of healthcare to a half-million North Carolinians. On Thursday, they finally budged.

With the state facing shortfalls in health care, education, and housing, the GOP proposal would cost the state more than $1 billion.

If the company’s request is approved by the state Utilities Commission, the typical residential customer’s monthly bill would increase from $115.01 to a little over $134.11.

Republican State Rep. Erin Paré wants to force the state’s most populous county to become the only one in the state that holds nonpartisan commissioner elections, and requires that members be elected by district, rather than the county at large.

Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died at a hospital after being confronted and handcuffed by officers in a southeast Raleigh neighborhood about 2 a.m. on Jan. 17, according to a report by Police Chief Estella Patterson released days later.

People on parole or probation after felony convictions—or those who’ve yet to pay their fines after a conviction—could lose their voting rights due to a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court.

If the proposal is approved, a typical Duke Energy Carolinas residential customer would see their monthly bill rise from $115.01 per month to $127.55 starting next January.

EnergyUnited said that an alarm early Tuesday alerted it to an equipment problem at the substation in Randolph County, north of Charlotte.