NC State Wire

(The Center Square) – Mayoral Democrats will be leading nine of North Carolina’s largest 10 cities in 2026.

The off-year election cycle of 2025 on Tuesday included wins by five Democrats for the mayor’s offices in the state’s 10... Read more

(The Center Square) – A new health insurance program for small businesses in North Carolina was unveiled Tuesday with the promise of lower group rates than are offered by individual policies.

The program, called Carolina Healthworks, is described as... Read more

(The Center Square) – New job creations in September set a record in North Carolina, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said Tuesday.

The state had 15,619 new businesses, the strongest September on record and a 24% increase over the... Read more

(The Center Square) – Purchase limits were exceeded and evidence of a supervisor’s review or approval was missing in procurement card purchases by city employees and the former city manager of Elizabeth City, an audit says.

Receipts and purchasing... Read more

(The Center Square) – Three weeks are available for applications to be made to a $50 million broadband recovery program in 39 North Carolina counties.

Funding is through a section of an August mini-budget the Republican majority Legislature sent... Read more

(The Center Square) – A year until the pivotal 2026 midterms, North Carolina’s Republican Party voter registrations are only 6,115 behind its registrations as Democrats.

Both continue to dwarf the surge in choice for unaffiliated, a bloc that is... Read more

(The Center Square) – Transportation energy costs for the overwhelming majority of North Carolinians remain near the lowest average in 15 years.

Monday’s average from the American Automobile Association for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from Murphy to... Read more

(The Center Square) – Egg and bread prices are down, milk and beef are up on average from a month ago in the capital city of North Carolina.

Average prices on household staples have neither surged or dropped significantly... Read more

(The Center Square) – Municipal elections will wrap up for 91 of 100 counties across North Carolina on Tuesday.

Most of the state’s 550 cities, towns and villages that administrate development, policing, trash service, local taxation and other issues... Read more

(The Center Square) – Rep. Cecil Brockman, the embattled sixth-term Democrat from Guilford County in the North Carolina House of Representatives, late Friday announced his resignation.

Court records indicate the 41-year-old is charged in offenses with a 15-year-old. Brockman... Read more

(The Center Square) – Public safety is the calling card of real estate agent Terrie Donovan as she tries to become the first Republican since Pat McCrory to win the mayor’s race in North Carolina’s largest city.

Charlotteans on... Read more

(The Center Square) – The nation’s power grid is entering a new era of soaring demand – the full extent of which remains uncertain – and energy leaders warn that investments in new generation, efficiency, and infrastructure must begin now to prevent future shortfalls.

(The Center Square) – Ahead of voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, a movement that began in Texas is growing in North Carolina to encourage more evangelical Christian pastors and congregants to run for office.

Led by the... Read more

(The Center Square) – Government operations in North Carolina using only rainy day funds would last 41.5 days, says analysis by the Pew Research Center.

The insight said the funds are 11.4% of $3.61 billion in spending. The total... Read more

(The Center Square) – From the Civil War to the 21st century, tobacco was long the king in crops for North Carolina.

Congressmen from the state are asking for prioritization of the golden leaf to help the state’s farmers... Read more

(The Center Square) – Savings of North Carolina taxpayer money over the next eight years is $10.75 million through the sale of limited obligation refunding bonds through an underwriting group led by San Francisco-headquartered Wells Fargo.

First-term Republican Treasurer... Read more

(The Center Square) – In a chamber stacked against him, North Carolina’s representative for the northeastern part of the state is pushing a bill to retain consistent map boundaries – and possibly his seat in Congress with it.

Restoring... Read more

(The Center Square) – Lured in part by state subsidy of $5.5 million over 12 years, Fortune 500 mutual insurance company Pacific Life has chosen Charlotte for its East Coast hub and 300 jobs over the next five years.

(The Center Square) – Absence of federal funding will furlough 258 employees at a dozen Head Start programs mostly in eastern North Carolina, according to a state Commerce Department report.

Temporary closure of all East Coast Migrant Head Start... Read more

(The Center Square) – More than $230 million for North Carolinians in food assistance is sought through a multi-state lawsuit filed Tuesday in Massachusetts.

“Nearly 600,000 children in our state could be without food in a few days because... Read more