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NC ranks 3rd among top moving destinations in 2025
Charlotte’s placement is a slight decline from 2024 when the Queen City ranked second in the nation. Raleigh dropped one spot — from seventh in 2024.
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NC ranks 4th in national charter school growth
NC is one of the nation’s fastest-growing states for public charter school enrollment, even as traditional district schools face stable or slightly declining student populations.
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Zenger expects social media bill to move in new year
“This is not a partisan issue,” Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth.
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CBP operation spotlights NC’s rank as 9th in US for human trafficking
As US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues its Operation Charlotte’s Web targeting criminal aliens across North Carolina this week, the effort is also casting a spotlight on human-trafficking cases.
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Appeals Court splits, 8-6, in NC asbestos lawsuit bankruptcy case
The full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals voted 8-6 not to rehear a North Carolina bankruptcy case that could impact 56,000 asbestos-related lawsuit plaintiffs.
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Trial in UNC tennis player’s class-action suit more than a year away
A University of North Carolina tennis player’s class-action lawsuit against NCAA prize-money restrictions would not go to trial until November 2026.
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Southern sellers worry as homes sit on market, values decline
As listings linger 8–13 days longer and home values fall by 3.9% year-over-year, sellers are feeling the weight of a shifting housing landscape.
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NC lawmakers to revisit congressional maps next week
North Carolina lawmakers plan to return to Raleigh next week to consider a new congressional map after President Donald Trump called on Republican-led legislatures to counter redistricting efforts by Democrats in blue states. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to...
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Stein: Redrawing maps for 2026 ‘ridiculous’
Gov. Josh Stein said the possibility of redistricting in the state right now “would be ridiculous," referring to a comment made on X last week by Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
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Vance visits Concord to call for law and order, honors police
The vice president's visit came two weeks after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and one day after the NC General Assembly passed “Iryna’s Law."
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Visitors spend over $36 billion in NC in 2024
Tourism spending in North Carolina exceeded $36 billion, up from the previous year's record.
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NC ranks No. 6 on list of most religious states
North Carolina ranks among the nation’s most religious states, according to a new analysis that measures faith activity, religious education, and the presence of religion-affiliated organizations. The study, published by SmileHub, compared all 50 states using 13 metrics grouped into three broad categories: Religious interest and places of worship, religious education and careers, and religion-affiliated organizations....
