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Two Republicans and three Democrats are running for North Carolina superintendent — a role overseeing the state’s public education system.

Two Republicans and three Democrats are running for North Carolina superintendent — a role overseeing the state’s public education system.

Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones had said he planned to use roughly $100 million of money dedicated for roads from a new sales tax increase to relieve pressure on the city's general fund.

The U.S. Senate is still deliberating Trump’s "big, beautiful bill." The House passed a version that cuts clean energy tax credits, a program that North Carolina Latinos are only starting to use.

The city said it will take about two months to complete the removal of the Confederate monument’s base.

A wreath-laying ceremony took place at the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Marshall Park on Jan. 15. It was the first of several events in and around Charlotte honoring the civil rights leader.

We’ve made it to 2022, but the wreckage of 2021 is still sharp in our memories. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, tries to face the new year with a new attitude.

The 2022 NASCAR season begins this weekend with an exhibition race at a paved-over football field in Los Angeles. It represents new thinking for a sport in its eighth decade.

The skyline in Charlotte’s South End is about to change again. A new 43-story tower is scheduled to be finished by 2028. For more on this and other business news of the week, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools added a new section on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to its law enforcement regulations earlier this month amid scrutiny of its approach to handling immigration enforcement.

In a new movie, Roberts plays mother to a child with facial differences about to enter fifth grade in a new school. She took the role in part because her family loved the book it's based on.

Today, Franklin's recording of "Respect" is definitive. But when she recorded it on Valentine's Day 1967, it was a radical gender-bending of Otis Redding's original.

State lawmakers released a one-page document this week outlining their proposed salary schedule for North Carolina teachers. Here's what we know.

The work of voice actor Tom Kane attracted fans across generations and genres, from Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls to the Star Wars universe. Kane died this week at age 64.

The former president has ramped up the statements he's putting on his website. And what's the focus of many of the posts? Relitigating his election loss.

Compensation for public university employees in North Carolina is a public record, from football coaches to professors and security guards. But legislation introduced in the N.C. House on Wednesday would exempt payments to athletes from public records law.

Marijuana is already legal in many states, and a growing number of GOP Congressmen are ready to make it the law of the land — but there's a debate over revenue.

House Republicans cleared a final procedural hurdle early Thursday and are now one vote away from passing President Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill before a self-imposed July 4 deadline.

K-pop supergroup BTS is back with a new album after a long hiatus. The group's fans welcomed them back this weekend at a massive concert in Seoul, South Korea.

Sam Rubin, one of Los Angeles' most beloved entertainment broadcasters, died on Friday at the age of 64. He joined KTLA 5's morning news team in 1991, interviewing actors and musicians.