9+ hour, 49+ min ago  (104+ words) A new poll suggests North Carolina's U.S. Senate race is becoming more competitive. Results published this week by Public Policy Polling show Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 4 percentage points, 48% to 44%. The margin is narrower than in earlier polls…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (183+ words) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has appointed the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to serve as the state’s interim U.S. senator. Darlene Graham Nordone will fill the seat following Graham’s death Saturday in Washington, D.C., after reports…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (593+ words) Charlotte Mayor Rob Harrington was sworn in last week after being appointed by City Council to succeed Vi Lyles. Harrington, a longtime Charlotte business attorney and civic leader, will serve the remaining 18 months of Lyles' term and has said he…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (1334+ words) Two North Carolina school districts, Buncombe and Cabarrus, are the subject of US Department of Education Title IX investigations due to reported concerns of “biological males” being permitted to use women’s facilities, despite legal precedent set by a US Court…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (216+ words) The North Carolina General Assembly revealed and passed its long-awaited state budget last week, the first comprehensive state spending plan in more than two years. With bipartisan support, the $34 billion budget headed to Gov. Stein’s desk before the weekend. Shared…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (939+ words) North Carolina lawmakers passed a state budget proposal Thursday after filing the spending plan Tuesday, one year to the day after it was due. A state law had kept the government running largely at 2025 spending levels in the budget’s absence....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (751+ words) Heat emanates off the road near the corner of Monroe and Rama roads. There’s a gas station nearby, and rush-hour traffic backs up at the light. On the corner, about a dozen people wave to cars and hold signs. One…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (158+ words) WFAE 90.7 - On Air Now Playing The Charlotte Jazz Channel Protesters call for statewide action on data centers Wednesday night, the Party for Socialism and Liberation held protest-style news conferences in cities across North Carolina, calling on the state to take…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (922+ words) The state budget bill that Republican lawmakers plan to pass this week includes a provision that could require Charlotte and other local governments to reimburse the Department of Transportation for more than $60 million spent designing the now-rejected Interstate 77 toll lanes....

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (157+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented or do not have legal immigration status. Trump's executive order targeted…...