Gabe Altieri

Since the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska on the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte, mental health and crime have been at the forefront of our political and judicial conversations once again.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announces she will resign in June. We break down her legacy, what led to the decision, who might replace her in the interim, and which Charlotte leaders are jockeying to replace her.

After much delay, North Carolina House and Senate leaders announced this week that they have reached the framework for a deal on a state budget for the fiscal year that began last July.

A bill is moving through the North Carolina General Assembly named for a six-year-old who died late last year.

In a surprise vote, the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Committee killed the proposed Intersate 77 project. The vote leaves its future in limbo.

America's geopolitical role is changing. A person who has a keen understanding of this is journalist David Sanger.

In South Carolina, an effort to redraw the state's congressional map has failed in the state's Senate. Several Republicans joined Democrats in opposition.

North Carolina has a budget. Governor Stein signed the spending plan this week. We discuss what took so long to get to this point, plus what the bill impacts.

Education was a focus in the newly signed North Carolina budget, but what can get lost in the news around K-12 education is updates to higher education.

The city of Charlotte is looking at ways to address so-called teen takeovers. The events have occurred across the Carolinas and the country and have