Education Pembroke unveils finalists for fundraising post UNC Pembroke officials are holding a string of public meet-and-greets starting today with three people who are in line to...
Economic Development Court overturns ski-town eminent-domain ruling Court of Appeals judges have overturned a ruling that could’ve left Beech Mountain’s government on the hook for paying the...
Local Toyota wins state Supreme Court case State Supreme Court justices have sided with Toyota and another Japanese carmaker in a a product-liability case stemming from a...
Economic Development Hardister, King now have JetZero as a client JetZero has added former state Rep. Jon Hardister and one of his former aides to its team of lobbyists. Recent...
Economic Development Judge says state fishery management falls short North Carolina’s coastal-fisheries management is such an across-the-board failure that it amounts to a violation of the state constitution, a...
Elections Stein vetoes judges’ bill Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed House Bill 377, siding with House Democratic Leader Robert Reives and other critics who oppose...
Economic Development A Powell-ful incentive The state has not one but three pressure points to try to induce Charlotte’s City Council and other local governments...
Local Supreme Court sides with Charlotte Latin critics The N.C. Supreme Court’s five Republican justices agree that a Charlotte-area couple’s lawsuit against a private school that expelled their...
Education NC State and Gaston land military textile funding NC State University and Gaston College’s Kimbrell Campus in Belmont will lead a Department of Defense initiative aimed at improving...
Budget & Taxes Auditors: CATS riders jump fares as often as not As of late 2025, about 45% of the people who ride Charlotte’s buses and trains weren’t paying the CATS system’s...
Elections Hall reports raising $1.9M for 2026 elections Outgoing Senate leader Phil Berger is still the General Assembly’s champion fundraiser, but House Speaker Destin Hall is shaping up...
Elections Boliek reports on off-year election costs Taxpayers in most of the state shouldered $8.4 million in costs for 2025’s off-year city and town elections, State Auditor...
Elections Lee top fundraiser among would-be Bergers The four men most often mentioned as potential successors to Phil Berger as the next Senate president pro tem between...
Economic Development Opposition to ABC pricing plan steps up North Carolina’s leading trade group for the restaurant industry has sharpened its attack on a prospective move by the state...
Local Smith won’t take NC Ports board seat Morehead City businessman Harry Smith has changed his mind and won’t be serving on the State Ports Authority board. Gov....