David Mildenberg

Charlotte Douglas International Airport said it has extended its current Airline Use and Lease Agreement with American Airlines and other carriers for a year after failing to reach an agreement. The pact between the city-owned airport and the airlines run... See more

A stunning decision by Charlotte’s regional transportation planning group to pull the plug on the plan to add toll lanes to Interstate 77 reflects a “defining moment in the history of this community,” City Councilman Malcolm Graham said Thursday. In remar... See more

Peter Rodriguez, the dean of Rice University’s business school, was named president of Wake Forest University, effective July 1. He’ll succeed Susan Wente, who has been president since 2021 and announced plans to retire last October. Rodriguez is an econo... See more

Skepticism from top state and local officials over his latest deal isn’t denting Donald Gintzig’s love affair with Atrium Health, which extends back years and heated up over the past two years. The CEO of WakeMed , Raleigh’s largest hospital, says “there ... See more

WakeMed CEO Donald Gintzig said the Raleigh hospital needs to merge into the $38 billion Advocate Health organization because it can’t compete long-term in the best way to serve the state’s most populous county. Charlotte-based Advocate’s Atrium Health sy... See more