Starbucks is closing stores & laying off workers. Will this affect NC?

Starbucks’ overall company-operated coffeehouse count in North America will decline by about 1% in fiscal year 2025.

New NC AFL-CIO president Braxton Winston II sees opportunities to work with state GOP

North Carolina AFL-CIO president Braxton Winston II, a longtime Democratic activist in Charlotte, said he will fight for the ...

US gives $53M to expand NC charter schools. Why it’s not going to the state

It is extremely irresponsible to circumvent the oversight of the Department of Public Instruction and the Charter Schools Review Board.” ...

Iryna Zarutska stabbing death prompts new bail bill, left lacks 'political will' for crime crackdown: expert

In the wake of the stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, North Carolina light rail train, the state legislature introduced a bill to crack down on bail for violent ...