(The Center Square) – Litigation against former Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema by a woman from the North Carolina Sandhills has been moved from state to federal court.
Heather Ammel of Moore County says Sinema had an affair with... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s Charter School Review Board this week renewed charters for 37 schools.
The renewals of three to seven years each came after a lengthy review process and presentations before the board. There were no... Read more
(The Center Square) – Uncompetitive pay for correctional officers, nursing assistants, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and youth counselors contributed to $1.04 billion in lapsed salaries across 46 North Carolina state agencies, according to an audit.
The Office of... Read more
(The Center Square) – Switching parties by a deadline was the easy part. Fooling voters with a letter attached to a name on the ballot rather than actions?
A half-dozen former Democrats will need more than luck after failing... Read more
(The Center Square) – Without approval of Democratic District Attorney Spencer Merriweather, the petition to remove Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden from office was dismissed Thursday in a North Carolina Superior Court.
Threats to a state lawmaker, extortion, corruption... Read more
(The Center Square) – Three of North Carolina’s four Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives want Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem removed from the president’s Cabinet.
Reps. Alma Adams and Valerie Foushee at midafternoon Thursday were among 80... Read more
(The Center Square) – More than $116 million in federal funds to help recovery from Hurricane Helene is on the way to North Carolina, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday.
The rebuild or restoration of critical infrastructure, clearing... Read more
(The Center Square) – Even in a year where disaster response to Hurricane Helene pushed on operations and maintenance expenditures, the North Carolina Department of Transportation stayed under its spending plan of $8.29 billion in 2025.
Actual expenditures were... Read more
(The Center Square) – Inside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, two states argued their standing for protecting women’s and girls’ sports from men and boys playing on the school grade and college levels.
Outside was a veritable who’s... Read more
(The Center Square) – Nearly $1.9 million granted in taxpayer incentives for a fiber-optic company's expansion is being withdrawn, says a request to North Carolina's Commerce Department.
CommScope is moving forward with expansion in Catawba County. However, recent acquisition... Read more
(The Center Square) – Plausible reductions in agricultural exports because of retaliatory trade policies stemming from aggressive U.S. tariffs could cost North Carolina farmers $695 million, a new report says.
Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman of N.C. State University, for the... Read more
(The Center Square) – From well-regarded municipal management in North Carolina inspiring a book on it to an abrupt exit amid allegations of misusing taxpayer money, the town of Cary and its former manager are nearing the tumultuous end.
... Read more
(The Center Square) – Drug products for oncology and neurological diseases will be manufactured in a second facility Johnson & Johnson plans to open in eastern North Carolina.
Nearly $80 million in incentives brought the first plant to Wilson... Read more
(The Center Square) – Ballots requested by registered voters in North Carolina begin going out Monday, two days after confirmation the unaffiliated bloc climbed within 2,491 of 3 million.
The ninth largest state in the nation is just shy... Read more
(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s rate of 54% for illegal issuance of nondomiciled commercial driver’s licenses drew applause from a truckers’ association and little else from state leaders.
They have pledged safety and integrity. Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association... Read more
(The Center Square) – From lying injured on a gym floor in the mountains of North Carolina more than three years ago to the steps of the United States Supreme Court, Payton McNabb’s journeys have seldom if ever been more important than Tuesday.
... Read more
(The Center Square) – Over the past several months, politicians once regarded as central to their party have bowed out of reelection campaigns or resigned from their positions altogether.
In the past week, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ended his... Read more
(The Center Square) – Legal sports wagering in North Carolina’s second full fiscal year is on pace for a 22.3% increase to better than $142 million for state coffers.
December books closed the first six months with another $14.6... Read more
(The Center Square) – With early voting in his crowded primary starting next week, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley of North Carolina on Friday gave another lift to illegal immigration as a pivotal campaign issue.
Appearing in McAllen,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Review of North Carolina’s nondomiciled commercial driver’s licenses shows 54% were illegally issued.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis sets up withholding of $50 million in federal funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation.... Read more
