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The program was created as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and was a follow-up to the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which helped households afford internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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If you’ve been placing online sports bets since FanDuel, DraftKings and the like went live in North Carolina last month, you might want to prepare for a bigger tax bill next year — even if you lose. That’s because of a quirk in the federal tax law, which The Ledger's Tony Mecia wrote about. He joined us for BizWorthy, where we discussed this story and others.
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Nearly 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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The North Carolina Attorney General's Office has announced a $20 million settlement with a major internet provider that will require it to make investments in infrastructure in the coming years.
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The popular convenience store and gas station chain Wawa will celebrate the grand opening of its first North Carolina store in Kill Devil Hills in May.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is cementing economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina by visiting the Tar Heel state after a few days in Washington focused on global security issues.
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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
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A statewide inventory conducted in 2019 shows there were more than 16,000 untested sexual assault kits that were backlogged.
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A non-profit is partnering with the shelter to launch the field trip program for large canines.
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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.
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Chief Justice John Roberts visited Durham to help bestow a posthumous award on former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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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.