The leader of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles says he's hoping to open four new offices within months. The legislature recently approved funding for new DMV offices in Fuquay-Varina, the town of Garland in Sampson County, Cabarrus County and the town of Leland in Brunswick County.

Mecklenburg County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to increase the sales tax from 7.25% to 8.25%.

While Virginia’s Republican governor announced plans this week to continue SNAP benefits in November using state funding, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein doesn’t have the power to make a similar move.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles launched the Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative in 2021. It focused on reducing racial disparities in four areas.

More than two dozen people of Latin American descent registered with the State Board of Elections to run for local office across North Carolina this year.

The Trump Administration has said it will not use reserve funds to continue providing SNAP amid the federal shutdown. More than 1.3 million North Carolinians use the program to buy food.

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster is asking people in the state to donate money to help provide for the 550,000 people expected to lose federal food benefits with the cutoff of the SNAP program on Saturday. McMaster said the state is activating its OneSC fund to help backfill missing food aid money. The fund collects private donations from people to help with disasters.

North Carolina Senate Bill 249, An Act to Realign the North Carolina Congressional Districts, passed the General Assembly earlier this month. SB 249 changes the composition of Districts 1 and 3 to favor the GOP candidate in future elections and deliver an additional Republican vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill's original sponsor was Democratic State Sen. Paul Lowe, who explains how his bill died, but was later taken up in the General Assembly, transformed, and used to redraw the maps.

A new poll from Winthrop University shows congresswoman Nancy Mace and Lt. Governor Pam Evette leading the pack in the race to become South Carolina’s next Governor. It finds the duo in a statistical tie among Republican registered voters over congressman Ralph Norman and state Attorney General Alan Wilson.Mace is at about 17%, Evette is at 16%, Norman and Wilson are both at about 8% and Kimbrell is just over 3%. State Senator Josh Kimbrel is a distant fifth. More than 46% say they’re still undecided in the November 2026 election.

The Charlotte City Council voted unanimously Monday night to spend $1.5 million to rebuild the historic Excelsior Club on Charlotte’s west side.