The promotion is fascinating on a few levels: For starters, Tariq Bokhari's new transit job coincides with Charlotte’s multibillion-dollar transit ambitions.

North Carolina has been fiercely contested in the last five presidential elections. For Democrats, it’s been one of the few places they have been able to go on offense. But the state hasn’t been necessary for them to win it all.

The North Carolina Senate approved legislation last week that would prohibit teaching diversity, equity and inclusion in public schools, and limit how teachers can discuss sensitive topics, like race, in classrooms.

Eight years ago, The Resistance was in full swing. It started the weekend of the inauguration, and didn’t let up for four years. In 2025, it’s been a bit slower going.

Cannabis advocate and former Democratic congressional candidate Barbara Gaskins has filed civil rights complaints with N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office and the U.S. Department of Justice over the state’s puzzling marijuana laws.

With Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson now straitjacketed to align with the legislature, some GOP lawmakers are looking for even more control.

Merriweather's message: Mecklenburg is very different from any other North Carolina county, with far more violent crime on a per capita basis.

The state has already granted North Carolina counties the ability to levy a quarter-cent sales tax increase for any purpose, without legislative approval. The tax must still be approved by voters.

The Republican Party has long been against abortion. But some conservatives have supplemented that message with another: The country’s dropping fertility rate is a national crisis.

Over the past six years, Mayor Vi Lyles and City Manager Marcus Jones have created an efficient conveyor belt for getting programs and public-private partnerships passed.