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Charlotte Fire DepartmentIt’s been nearly a year since a fire devoured an apartment complex under construction in SouthPark and killed two workers. Now state fire officials are hoping new stricter rules designed to keep construction sites safer will prevent such a tragedy from happening again. Gavin Off wrote about it for the Charlotte Observer and joined us on Morning Edition to talk about his work.
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Sgt. Jamar Marcel Pugh/North Carolina Army National GuardNearly 40% of North Carolina correctional officer positions are vacant. And thousands of beds at prisons across the state are closed because there aren’t enough certified officers to cover them.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to tour different parts of North Carolina to spotlight his nation's title as the state's biggest foreign investor. The visit is part of a larger trip that included a stop at the White House to discuss global security concerns with President Joe Biden -
A statewide inventory conducted in 2019 shows there were more than 16,000 untested sexual assault kits that were backlogged. -
A non-profit is partnering with the shelter to launch the field trip program for large canines. -
eCourts is meant to replace North Carolina's 1980s-era mainframe and computer-based paper court management system believed by many to be obsolete. However, attorneys and court personnel have complained that eCourts have slowed things down, plus the company that installed the new system is facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged wrongful detentions due to eCourts. -
Chief Justice John Roberts visited Durham to help bestow a posthumous award on former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -
Tenants from across the state have come together to form the North Carolina Tenants Union, a statewide organization fighting for housing as a human right. -
Plans for the state’s first recreational marijuana sales are on hold as the Eastern Band of Cherokee announces their marijuana dispensary will only sell medical marijuana during its grand opening. -
The 2,200 CFOs surveyed predict gross domestic product will grow 2.2% over the next four quarters. -
Rescue efforts have turned to recovery after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A federal investigation is underway as the region braces for a long and costly reconstruction. -
A day after Homeland Security Investigations officials descended on Sean Combs' Miami and Los Angeles residences, his lawyers are calling it an "unprecedented ambush."
