After two high-profile stabbings on the Lynx Blue Line train, questions about safety on public transit remain front and center. We sit down with CATS interim CEO Brent Cagle to ask what’s changed, what hasn’t and what riders can expect now.

The city of Charlotte’s plan to spend $650 million to renovate Bank of America Stadium is moving forward after receiving state approval.

Most of South Carolina’s Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday night in Newberry for their first debate of the campaign, focusing heavily on affordability in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states.

The N.C. Department of Transportation this week released a tweaked design for the I-77 toll lanes.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is calling on legislative leaders to suspend the state’s gas sales tax as fuel prices continue to rise.

At issue is President Trump's challenge to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship to every child born in the United States.

It’s time for a fact check of North Carolina politics. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is facing questions after a report that he appointed a convicted sex offender to state party leadership positions. The outlet Asheville Watchdog reports that Whatley made the appointments while he was chair of the state GOP between 2019 and 2024. Paul Specht of WRAL joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for more.

Under state law, public records requests are supposed to be completed quickly. Despite that mandate, agencies and governments across North Carolina often take months to respond, and even then, the records can be incomplete — limiting transparency. More on a new effort to shine a light on the problem.

The city of Gastonia says Deputy Chief Brad Best has been promoted and will serve as the city’s next fire chief when Chief Phil Welch retires on May 1.

Some community members are calling for the dismissal and resignation of Gaston County School Board member Tod Kinlaw following a controversial social media post about the Islamic faith.