The initiatives are part of a larger, federally-funded effort to rebuild housing after Hurricane Helene in fall 2024.

When lawmakers passed a spending bill ending the federal government shutdown, many people celebrated — but not hemp farmers. That’s because language contained in the spending bill threatens to ban nearly all products derived from the hemp they grow. Daniel Larlham Jr. spoke with North Carolina hemp farmers for the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter. He joined WFAE's Marshall Terry.

ARPA program money allocated to NC agencies set to return to the feds if the COVID funds aren’t spent before the end of 2026.

Contest to replace retiring US Sen. Thom Tillis in NC is predicted to draw more money than any Senate race in history.

News of the funding’s release comes one day after U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis (R) released their holds on some of President Trump’s Homeland Security nominees.

An unusually high number of Republican state lawmakers are facing challengers in the March primary. Candidate filing for the 2026 election got under way on Monday and runs through Dec. 19.

The Charlotte Area Transit System has increased security on the Lynx Blue Line after the murder in August.

Economic development officials have focused on certain sectors, with job announcements paced by the largest in North Carolina's history.

The Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority will take over the Charlotte Area Transit System next year.

The new Charlotte City Council is sworn in, Iryna’s law goes into effect with stricter bail rules for violent offenses, the state auditor plans to investigate the settlement paid by the city of Charlotte to the husband of the new police chief, and Mecklenburg County officials create a new transit authority.