The invoice is for only $13,375, but it indicates yet another irregularity in a district grappling with questions over its finances.

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has issued a cease-and-desist order for a Salisbury driving school.

With cost of diesel fuel hitting records, school districts across North Carolina are reckoning with how they’ll afford to keep buses going.

Melissa Balknight will remain acting superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until a permanent replacement takes over, CMS announced Thursday.

The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute on Wednesday released the Carolinas Regional Explorer, which looks at how residents view their lives.

A reorganization early this year raises new questions about what’s led to a leadership crisis at CMS and multiple investigations into alleged financial irregularities.

At the now-infamous Sept. 22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting, as the board voted to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill, board member Cynthia Stone said she believed the board was “creating our own problems.”

The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed Monday that they’re investigating Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, joining state agencies probing the district’s finances.

Across the U.S., nearly 230,000 students were referred to law enforcement during the 2017-18 school year. Black students and students with mental and physical disabilities were referred at nearly twice their share of the overall student population. That’s what a Center for Public Integrity analysis of U.S. Department of Education data found. In North Carolina and South Carolina, law enforcement was also brought in at higher rates when it came to Black and disabled students.