In both barbecue sauce and politics, North Carolina’s “split personality” is rooted in centuries-old settlement patterns and evolving demographics. Barbecue here is a source of pride, and, like taste preferences nationally, voters in the Tar Heel State — or, shall we say, the Sauce State — are divided.
More than $36.7 billion was spent on tourism in NC in 2024, a record, and up from $35.6 billion in 2023, according to a press release issued by Gov. Josh Stein this week, which is also being recognized as National Travel and Tourism Week.
The bill prohibits financial institutions from discriminating against farmers who use fossil fuels or fossil fuel-based fertilizers.
The state’s PowerSchool student data system was targeted by a cyber extortion campaign, with the perpetrators of the cyber-attack now demanding Bitcoin payments to keep private student information from being released.