After a towing reform bill stalled this year, North Carolina lawmakers say they're ready to try again. WFAE's Nick de la Canal speaks with Rep. Laura Budd about what's in the proposal, why it failed last session and what she thinks gives it a better chance next year.

The area has seen an uptick in residential development, but few new amenities or investment in walkability, transportation, or public transit. Residents are seeking more from city leaders.

A lawsuit filed in Mecklenburg County alleges former Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball and his longtime manager, Jermaine Jackson, failed to pay rent on a luxury apartment in uptown Charlotte.

Have you ever lined up overnight for a movie or the new iPhone, or stood in line for hours to be in the front row at a concert? Well, what about doing that for a grocery store? It could happen soon as Wegmans prepares to open its first store in Charlotte. The Charlotte Ledger’s Ashley Fahey joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

The proposed Asheville facility would combine workforce training, industrial research and product testing as regional leaders seek to expand western North Carolina’s manufacturing industry.

A Swiss biopharmaceutical company is moving forward with plans for its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Rock Hill.

A coalition of the state's leading law enforcement and prosecutor groups wrote to N.C. House lawmakers Monday asking them to take action next week on proposed hemp regulations that could ban many of the products currently sold in North Carolina.

We’ve all probably seen those sketchy-looking phishing emails from scammers. You know the ones that say something like ‘your account has been hacked’ or ‘you’ve got a UPS shipping notification’ and then it asks you to click on a link. Hopefully, you haven’t fallen for it. Well, the town of Surfside Beach in South Carolina did fall for it recently, sending about half a million dollars to a fraudulent account instead of the Gastonia contractor it was meant for. Reporter Scott Calvert wrote about it for The Wall Street Journal and joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.

The Charlotte region is still growing, but fewer people are moving there than a year ago, according to a new analysis from the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance.The analysis found the region gained a net average of 135 new residents a day over the past year. That's down from a record 157 a day the previous year.The alliance said the decline is likely due in large part to slower international migration.