The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission has been cracking down on out-of-state online alcohol retailers who have been shipping liquor to North Carolina customers. It might seem like a minor regulatory violation, but state law actually makes it a felony.

Buildings at a state-run historic site near Greensboro are featured on a list of “America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”

North Carolina is joining the Military Spouse Transition Network to help state employees who move between states because of their spouse’s redeployment in the military, the Office of State Human Resources announced last week.

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said Monday that her office is expanding a pilot program that helps new small business creators in rural counties.

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The Local Government Commission’s naughty list for financially challenged municipalities and counties just got longer. The official name for the designation is the “distressed” list, and local governments get on it when they fail to submit required financial audits for at least two years.

The N.C. Department of Public Safety is asking the legislature for $500,000 in the short session to finish moving the prison system to a separate Cabinet-level agency called the Department of Adult Correction.

Chowan and Davidson counties are the biggest winners in the latest round of Rural Infrastructure Authority’s Building Reuse Program grants.

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The N.C. Zoo is getting ready to break ground this summer on a 10-acre, $75 million expansion to add an Asia attraction to its existing Africa and North America sections. A legislative committee met at the zoo in Asheboro on Tuesday to hear updates on construction projects.

Earlier this week, state and local leaders gathered at N.C. State University's Centennial Campus to dedicate one of the most important new buildings to open in the state this year.

A new audit from State Auditor Beth Wood takes aim at a legislative liaison’s failure to log any of his time off during a nearly six-year period. Wood’s audit followed up on a hotline tip about Ashton Godwin, who’s handled legislative affairs for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission since 2015.

Speaking of Beth Wood, legislative oversight committees plan to take a closer look at her recent audit findings on the N.C. Department of Public Safety’s handling of Hurricane Florence relief funds.