Gov. Josh Stein called on state lawmakers Monday to pass Medicaid funding and a budget bill this week. But the legislature isn't expected to take action on either issue.

North Carolina Republicans redrew district lines in eastern North Carolina with the intention of shifting the balance of the state's First Congressional District. It is the latest salvo in a national effort to render U.S. Congress elections uncompetitive.

Residents of a mobile home park off Prosperity Church Road in northeast Charlotte could soon have to move, as a developer plans to buy the land and build apartments and stores.

The Carolina Panthers earned their fourth win of the season but will be without quarterback Bryce Young next week who was injured on Sunday. According to multiple league sources, an MRI confirmed that Young suffered a high ankle sprain. Young was injured after being sacked in the third quarter against the New York Jets.

Interim City Attorney Anthony Fox signed a contract extension this summer that pays $28,000 a month for November and December. He will receive that money even if he isn't working.

Scientists at the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have discovered a new species of mussel. The mussel called Ligodonta obscura was first found in 2016 in the Little River about 20 miles south of Asheboro. Over the last nine years, researchers have studied the mussel. It has unique characteristics related to its teeth and reproduction.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have made one arrest after four separate murders in the city from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. The last involved a shooting on Wilkinson Boulevard at about 1:20 Sunday morning.

Charlotte FC beat Major League Soccer’s best team — the Philadelphia Union — 2-0 on Saturday night, to secure home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They’ll take on New York City FC a week from Tuesday in uptown Charlotte, but they’ll do it without one of their best players. Wilfred Zaha got a red card penalty in Saturday’s game, meaning he has to miss the next contest, the playoff opener.

For the first time in four years, the Carolina Panthers have a winning record. The team has won four of its first seven games after Sunday’s 13-6 win over the New York Jets. After two stellar weeks as the primary ball carrier, Rico Dowdle split series with the returning Chuba Hubbard, and the duo combined for 125 rushing yards.

A Mecklenburg County-funded program that started this month in Charlotte's detention center aims to support those trying to overcome substance use. The program is one of the efforts by the county to reduce substance use and overdose deaths in the community.