Republican state Sen. Vickie Sawyer filed an amendment Thursday that would require Charlotte and other local governments that voted to rescind support for the I-77 toll lane project to repay the N.C. Department of Transportation for work already done.

Republican leaders announced a high-level agreement on the state budget last month. Now, chairs are working through the finer details of the spending plan.

Without more funding, Stein said, infrastructure and housing projects can’t move forward.

The Charlotte City Council is considering new rules that could ban street vendors who sell food, art and other items from sidewalks and other public property across the city.

A total of 114 people have applied to be Charlotte’s mayor. The deadline to apply was Tuesday, and Charlotte City Council members are scheduled to hold in-person interviews for some candidates at 2 p.m. Monday before making a final decision on June 22. Mayor Vi Lyles is resigning on June 30, though she has said she could stay in the job longer if council members cannot agree on her replacement.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced and approved a substitute bill that would create a statewide homeless camping ban. Some committee members asked questions about logistics and how local governments would afford the additional requirements.

The legislation impacts nine North Carolina counties. It is part of the Republican Party's effort to curb the impact of property taxes.

South Carolina's Republican primary for governor is headed to a runoff after Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette failed to secure a majority of the vote despite endorsements from President Trump and Gov. Henry McMaster.

Supporters of the bills say they are a necessary update to long-standing coastal policy. Skeptics say adding more hardened structures to the coast will simply push erosion elsewhere.

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association ranks North Carolina fifth in the country for installed solar capacity, with enough generation to power more than 1.2 million homes. However, state regulators this year halted Duke Energy’s procurement of new solar farms until the utility's new carbon plan is approved.