Governor Josh Stein signed the legislation, despite rejecting other transgender health bills as "mean-spirited."

Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown and her two adult daughters were indicted in May. The U.S. Attorney's Office says the women fraudulently obtained $124,000 in COVID-relief loans.

The long-discussed transit plan may be coming to a ballot near you. The referendum for a one-cent sales tax for transit has one more hurdle to clear: the Mecklenburg County Commission. If they say yes, you’ll be asked to vote on it in November. But not everyone is on board for what has been described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity. We’ll talk about pros and cons.

California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newson is touring right-leaning counties in South Carolina on Tuesday and Wednesday, part of an effort to reach out to voters ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.

In North Carolina, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is likely to have a big impact on everything from Medicaid expansion and food stamps to the 2026 Senate election and state politics. NC Newsroom's Adam Wagner joined WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss.

The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.

Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.

In his first sit-down interview as Mecklenburg County manager, Michael Bryant joins WFAE to discuss the challenges ahead, including threats to federal funding, the upcoming sales tax referendum for transit and the long-stalled Brooklyn Village redevelopment.

Tiawana Brown became the first formerly incarcerated person to the elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2023. But her hard-won redemption story may be upended. She and her two adult daughters were indicted in May for wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, related to COVID-era relief loans they obtained.