The $1.7 billion “omnibus” federal spending bill sailing through Congress this week includes an estimated 7,200 earmarks (or pork spending, if you prefer) totaling about $15 billion, according to The New York TImes.

How much of the state’s $5.4 billion federal COVID recovery funding windfall has been spent so far? Only a fraction of it, the office of State Auditor Beth Wood found in a report released this week.

A split N.C. Supreme Court has sided with the N.C. Department of Revenue in a long-running sales tax lawsuit involving an out-of-state company that employs a sales representative here.

The state’s Office of the Commissioner of Banks is looking to leave downtown Raleigh and move outside the Beltline.

The N.C. Department of Commerce on Wednesday released its new “tier” ratings used to assess each county’s level of “economic distress” for economic development programs.

Five counties across North Carolina had the worst political timing this year: They asked voters to raise local sales tax rates amid sky-high inflation.

Progress Residential is among the national companies in the headlines for buying up single-family homes to convert to rental properties, driving up home prices and making it harder for first-time homebuyers to buy property.

Speaking of budget shortfalls, the head of the N.C. Industrial Commission told lawmakers this week that it’s struggling to cover employee salaries from fee revenue alone.

Secretary of Public Safety Eddie Buffaloe sounded the alarm Thursday on major staffing vacancies facing the state’s juvenile detention facilities and law enforcement agencies.

North Carolina will get about $1 million of $53.4 million grants announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor air quality.

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is among several senators raising concerns about the Securities and Exchange Commission.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in North Carolina on Thursday to announce a $17.5 million rural broadband grant that will provide high-speed internet to about 2,700 households, 100 businesses and 76 farms in Warren and western Halifax counties.

North Carolina beaches from the Outer Banks south to Oak Island will get about $20 million in state funding for renourishment and other related projects, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality announced this week.

State government’s newest commission kicked off on Friday, thanks to a provision included in last year’s state budget.

One potential outcome of the House Select Committee on Advancing Women in STEM’s work could come in next year’s budget: Wednesday’s meeting hinted at possible funding for programs that get more young people interested in STEM fields.