Mecklenburg County voters are mulling a sales-tax increase. Why does a tax that hits poor people hardest have so much support?

The Eastern Music Festival will be dissolved as an organization. But supporters say there’s a new path forward for the Greensboro tradition.

Much has been made of the decline in registered Democrats. But who is benefiting from that shift, and why, is more ...

Scandal-ridden former North Carolina lawmaker Madison Cawthorn has launched a run for a House seat in Florida.

When Raleigh is mentioned as a serious contender for a Major League Baseball expansion franchise, the reaction is often a mix of disdain and disbelief. “People say, ‘Really? Raleigh?’” said Wayne ...

As the city invests more in temporary shelters, advocates and people without housing worry they’ll be left out in the cold.

Republican state legislators hope a new crime law will restart the death penalty. Legal experts say it won’t be that easy.

FEMA is relying on its Disaster Relief Fund to keep payments going out. Lawmakers worry the government shutdown will delay ...

The governor said North Carolina’s Medicaid program would begin cutting reimbursement rates to offset a $319 million ...

The N.C. Court of Appeals has seemingly made it official that the men convicted as teenagers of killing NBA star Chris Paul’s ...

The vice president’s remarks came after state lawmakers passed legislation in response to the fatal stabbing of Iryna ...

Two trained narcotics investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office made a scientifically dubious claim before a judge in October 2022: that they could smell the difference between legal ...