1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (685+ words) The federal case against Decarlos Brown Jr. will be put on hold after a judge agreed Tuesday that Brown is not competent to stand trial in connection with the 2025 killing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte's light rail line. Brown will…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (314+ words) More than 1, 000 highly skilled positions across Corning's manufacturing facilities are promised to be created through the agreement, as well as support hundreds of construction jobs for the expansion of Corning Inc.'s facilities, according to the press release. The program…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago  (592+ words) Listen to this story (11 minutes) Pulitzer Prize-winning author and American historian Gordon Wood died Sunday in Providence, Rhode Island, at age 92. Wood delivered a John Locke Foundation Headliner speech in 2007 on his favorite topic: the American Revolution. Below Carolina Journal…...

18+ hour, 54+ min ago  (625+ words) State Auditor Dave Boliek says his office is seeing a growing trend of financial difficulties in municipalities across North Carolina. "Our office has been involved with dozens of municipalities of varying sizes that are experiencing financial distress for a lot…...

19+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1136+ words) Over the last 20-30 years, the PFOA and PFAS levels in the environment and in the human body have dropped by over 90%, according to the Food and Drug Administration studies cited by officials from the North Carolina Water Quality Association(NCWQA)…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (747+ words) A long-planned bridge replacement at the Lake Lure Dam is facing another delay, pushing construction into the next decade as state transportation officials cite the need for additional planning and design work. The North Carolina Board of Transportation approved revisions…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1114+ words) At their board meeting on Friday, the North Carolina State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted unanimously to raise rates on its Medicare Advantage plans for older workers and retirees and discussed a new tier system for providers in the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (845+ words) A New York Times investigation into autism therapy clinics has put a national spotlight on the same Medicaid spending and oversight concerns North Carolina lawmakers and state Auditor Dave Boliek have been raising for months. The Times story, published May…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (691+ words) North Carolina ranks last in the United States for public school open enrollment despite majority support in recent polling. This week, several educators and John Locke Foundation staff presented in downtown Raleigh on open enrollment initiatives in the state. A…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (960+ words) Despite staffing changes, internal reviews, and a promised corrective action plan in Mecklenburg County, state lawmakers left a North Carolina House Oversight Committee hearing visibly frustrated after hearing that repeated warning signs were missed before the death of six-year-old Dominique…...