Top 10 8. Anti-Palestinian discrimination investigation opens at UNC following complaint The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a Title VI investigation on May 5 into UNC for...
Top 10 9. eCourts expansion for Sandhills scheduled for fall The eCourts expansion will reach 49 of the state’s 100 counties when Track 6 goes live on Oct. 14, the...
Top 10 10. HBCUs could see significant impact from UNC System DEI programs ending North Carolina’s public universities are charting a new path without diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Last month, the University of...
Top 10 1. Charlotte leaders consider $650M toward Bank of America Stadium renovations Charlotte City Council is considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate Bank of America Stadium. Council will potentially...
Top 10 2. Applications rolling in for Summerfield town manager’s job More than 30 people have applied for the job of Summerfield Town Manager Scott Whitaker, who is leaving June 10,...
Top 10 3. Charlotte looks like it’s still overpromising on transit A City Council committee endorsed a route for the Silver Line that runs along I-277 north of uptown and then...
Top 10 4. As state government vacancies remain high, NC lawmakers look for solutions New proposals to make hiring and retention easier inside state government passed a key state Senate committee Tuesday, as North...
Top 10 5. Greater focus on crime sparks another wave of juvenile justice bills For decades, state legislators and criminal justice advocates have worked to change the juvenile legal system, striving to expand access...
Top 10 6. Books take center stage again at NHC school board meeting, this time over selections in statewide competition For 16 years New Hanover County Schools has been involved in the reading competition Battle of the Books. However, some...
Top 10 7. Should private schools account for use of public-tax vouchers? North Carolina has one of the newest — and least regulated — private-school voucher programs in the country. Given those...
Top 10 8. Ethics complaint lodged against council member over home demolition The longest-serving member of the Fayetteville City Council, D.J. Haire, has been accused of violating the city’s code of ethics...
Top 10 9. A tale of two towns: Oak Island and St. James mark 25 years of growth, look to the future In 1999, the N.C. 211 corridor between Oak Island and St. James looked much different than it does today. Back...
Top 10 10. Asheville Fire Dept. training officer cancer death ruled as line of duty by NC commission The North Carolina Industrial Commission has ruled Training Officer Jeff Lyon’s November 2022 death from cancer a line of duty...
Top 10 1. Insurance Commissioner Causey rejects proposed increases in mobile home policies, reaches settlement on dwelling rate increases North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced this week that he has rejected proposed increases in mobile home fire and...
Top 10 2. Catawba Nation set to begin construction of permanent Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort The Catawba Nation is set to begin construction of a more than $700 million permanent casino resort in Kings Mountain,...
