The project appears to be moving forward again, with council members Malcolm Graham and Joi Mayo flipping their votes to now support tolls.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill has been fired from the district for convenience. The board added an agenda item to discuss Dr. Hill’s resignation just minutes before the meeting.
Former Charlotte City Council woman Tiawana Brown will spend 10 months in federal prison for her role in a pandemic relief scam.
Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration they’re filing a joint lawsuit over being denied White House access, saying their First Amendment rights have been violated by the selective exclusion.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices paid in certain other countries.
A new report reveals that mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans. The report by Protect Democracy shows that about 34.8 million people now live in different districts than they did less than two years ago. Nearly 145 million people live in states with new congressional districts.
Trump wrote on his social media site that effective immediately, “I am banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” Minutes later, speaking at an event in the Oval Office, Trump was asked to explain his statement.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill sent 200 pages of documents to the Board of Education outlining what she describes as conflicts of interest and extortion.
A federal judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened.
A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI. The survey data say about half of Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about artificial intelligence’s environmental impact.
Hundreds of people stood in the sun without shade for hours. Medics were standing by and helped at least two people who overheated while waiting to see President Donald Trump campaign for Michael Whatley at the Gastonia Airport Wednesday evening.
President Donald Trump has tested his midterm campaign appeal in Gastonia, N.C. as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman.
The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of borrowing money — bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023.
President Donald Trump has traveled to North Carolina on Wednesday to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley in Gastonia, as the former national party chairman tries to shore up his campaign against Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation and the central bank also signaled that another rate hike could occur later this year.
Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. That vote came after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.
First lady Melania Trump visited an elementary school in northwestern North Carolina Tuesday, where she said the U.S. must lead on artificial intelligence. Her trip Tuesday comes as tech and political leaders debate about how best to regulate the AI industry.
President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms. He said in a social media post Tuesday that the justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting by imposing new Postal Service regulations for the midterm elections. The decision announced late Monday allows mail voting to continue as usual.
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