North Carolina economy

Drought is worsening in North Carolina and municipalities across the Charlotte region are asking residents to voluntarily conserve water. As the region grapples with the worst drought since 2008, the state’s agricultural economy is also under stress. We’ll discuss why this drought has progressed the way it has, how it's affecting the region and we look at how an already fractured farming industry is dealing with the conditions.

Updated Friday, Jan. 26, 2018President Trump has threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which he once called "the…

The military supports roughly 540,000 jobs in North Carolina, but its presence may shrink over the next few years. That's according to a report the N.C.…

Families with incomes smack in the middle of the North Carolina economy are not benefiting from the state's slow recovery. That's according to data the…