UNC’s Risky Belichick Math An Assembly analysis finds UNC football has already set aside millions of dollars to bolster incoming head coach Bill Belichick and the team.

UNC-Chapel Hill transferred $21 million from other funds to the athletic department last year–and that was before it agreed to spend millions of dollars more on Bill Belichick. @theassemblync.bsky.social @axios.com @themhartman.bsky.social @zeanes.bsky.social

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An Axios-Assembly collab looking into the big bet UNC is making on football 👇🤝

The album absolutely passes the car test … even more so in the mtns I have to imagine.

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Duke and UNC will join forces for new $2 billion children's hospital in the Triangle The hospital would be the first standalone children's hospital in North Carolina.

Scoop: Duke and UNC will partner on new $2 billion children's hospital in the Triangle www.axios.com/local/raleig...

Breaking: Wake County has dismissed 180 court cases and counting, citing the reliability of a North Carolina state trooper as a witness. Most of those cases are DWIs.

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House votes to override Gov Cooper's veto of S382. Gallery erupts in shouts. Warning issued. Vote count stands at 72-46

I'll never get over having to catch up your chronically offline loved ones on the day's events. You're telling me you didn't spend 34 minutes of your life today concerned we were about to lose the city of San Francisco?

lol imagine

REPORT: Bill Belichick Interviewed for North Carolina Tar Heels Job Bill Belichick, whom many Giants fans would want to see return if the team moves on from Brian Daboll after the season, is keeping his options open.

No. No. A thousand times no. www.si.com/nfl/giants/n...

Biotech giant Amgen to add 370 more jobs to its Holly Springs campus Amgen and the Japanese drug manufacturer Fujifilm Diosynth have turned Holly Springs and southern Wake County into one of the nation's hot spots for biotech investments.

Amgen expands its investment at Holly Springs biotech campus by $1 billion www.axios.com/local/raleig...

This art installation at the North Carolina Museum of Art is fanastic.

Each of the swings plays notes from one of four instruments—harp, piano, guitar, and vibraphone.

Let’s not speak this into existence 😩

UNC is allergic to making layups. 😵‍💫

Only zoning changes 180 days prior or moving forward (if veto is override ) so buffer would be grandfathered in

North Carolina cities concerned Helene relief bill takes away more powers from them Some local North Carolina officials are concerned the provision could impact the way cities manage their growth.

The Hurricane Helene relief bill also targets the land zoning power of cities in North Carolina.

The measure could impact Raleigh and Durham’s ability to set up transit districts, local leaders say

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How Trump's proposed tariffs could weigh on North Carolina Economists warn that the tariffs will be a drag on the economy, especially if companies have to pass the higher costs on to customers.

How tariffs could impact companies in North Carolina next year if Trump approved them www.axios.com/local/raleig...

The Patrick Mahomes script is exhausting when you’re rooting against him

You weren’t kidding about a monster haul!

These fellas looking sinister

Agreed

Great record 🎧

The owner of Banh’s just shouted Go Heels randomly at a customer. So I love them even more now

Why, in the year 2024, do many job ads in local newspapers require applicants to mail in their printed resumes?

The answer explains a lot about work visas, green cards, and modern U.S. immigration:

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Big winds rolling through the Piedmont tonight

We got Lucille to make the jump 👋

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Flashback to this iconic 2021 vintage Thomas Oide chart

Why property taxes are increasing across the Triangle, from Wake to Orange Municipalities across the Triangle are having to make the tough decision to make taxpayers pay more.

Wake County, in particular, saw property taxes increase this past cycle www.axios.com/local/raleig...

This is an interesting paper. Definitely keeping an eye on what the property tax increase in Raleigh does over the next few years as well as the expected large jump in tax values coming to Durham next year.