The Charlotte City Council is considering new rules that could ban street vendors who sell food, art and other items from sidewalks and other public property across the city. But vendors in South End say they are meeting a demand for late-night food and struggling to navigate a difficult permitting system.

A total of 114 people have applied to be Charlotte’s mayor. The deadline to apply was Tuesday, and Charlotte City Council members are scheduled to hold in-person interviews for some candidates at 2 p.m. Monday before making a final decision on June 22. Mayor Vi Lyles is resigning on June 30, though she has said she could stay in the job longer if council members cannot agree on her replacement.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced and approved a substitute bill that would create a statewide homeless camping ban. Some committee members asked questions about logistics and how local governments would afford the additional requirements.

The legislation impacts nine North Carolina counties. It is part of the Republican Party's effort to curb the impact of property taxes.

South Carolina's Republican primary for governor is headed to a runoff after Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette failed to secure a majority of the vote despite endorsements from President Trump and Gov. Henry McMaster.

Supporters of the bills say they are a necessary update to long-standing coastal policy. Skeptics say adding more hardened structures to the coast will simply push erosion elsewhere.

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association ranks North Carolina fifth in the country for installed solar capacity, with enough generation to power more than 1.2 million homes. However, state regulators this year halted Duke Energy’s procurement of new solar farms until the utility's new carbon plan is approved.

Two key votes by the Charlotte City Council in the past month have left some residents and business leaders wondering how much influence the city’s business community still has — and whether the so-called “Charlotte Way” is fading.

The state House is trying again to put an age limit on the sale of hemp-based products that have similar effects to marijuana.

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson finished first and second on Tuesday in the South Carolina Republican primary to be the state’s next governor, setting up a runoff vote in two weeks. The winner will likely succeed Gov. Henry McMaster in the heavily Republican state.