New or higher tolls would affect eight ferry routes. Sen. Bobby Hanig tried to have them removed from the budget.

The policy reversal comes one week after the global shipping company said it would halt such shipments due to new U.S. customs rules.

Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S.

Social Security employees are feeling "overwhelmed" and wait times for phone services are up as workforce cuts from the Trump administration are being felt throughout the agency.

Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are creating uncertainty around grocery prices, especially for products imported from Latin America.

More inventory hitting the market was expected to drive sales. Instead, existing home sales suggest a continued slump in the housing market, with mortgage rates hurting affordability.

Lease negotiations underway with American Airlines could shape the airport’s next decade of construction: more gates, a second entrance, additional international flights?

Economists continue to sound the alarm about a possible recession amid Trump’s trade war. What would a recession mean for the Charlotte region? The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter spoke about that with one of the area's best-known economists. The Ledger’s Tony Mecia joins WFAE's Marshall Terry for more on that, and other business news, on this week's BizWorthy.

Mecklenburg County Commissioners held a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of the county's towns and municipalities to look for a solution for a contract impasse between medic and first responders.

A nearly 30-year-old legal case looms large over the U.S. government's antitrust case against Google. A judge is hearing arguments to decide the penalties to levy against the search giant.