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NC Audit Finds Lottery Sales Rose to $6.6 Billion in FY2025 While Education Transfers Held Near $1.08 Billion
State Auditor Dave Boliek's performance audit reports the share of lottery sales sent to the Education Lottery Fund fell from 23% in fiscal 2023 to 16% in fiscal 2025, and asks lawmakers to decide whether the lottery's goal is total dollars or a target percentage.
NC Supreme Court Hears TikTok's Personal-Jurisdiction Appeal in State Youth-Safety Suit
On Sept. 9, 2026, justices questioned lawyers for TikTok and ByteDance, who want the court to reverse a 2025 Business Court ruling that let Attorney General Jeff Jackson's case go forward in North Carolina.
Federal Flight Charge Filed Against Woman Sought in Virginia Road-Crew Killings; Affidavit Cites July 24-28 North Carolina Sightings
A federal affidavit places Dennikia Rachelle Boyce in Ahoskie and Conway, N.C., in the days right after the July 24 Chesterfield County shooting; authorities have not said where she is now.
North Carolina Report Finds Reported Crime Down in All Four Major Categories From January Through June 2026
State analysts told the Governor's Crime Commission on Sept. 3 that violent, property, financial and drug offenses all fell against the same months of 2025, while domestic-related offenses such as kidnapping and intimidation rose.
First $55 Million Round of North Carolina's $193.5 Million Helene Infrastructure Grant Program Closes; State Sources List Sept. 8 and Sept. 16 Deadlines
The Renew NC Community Infrastructure Program's opening round covers water, sewer, roads and parks work in 29 storm-affected counties, and arrives amid a two-year fight over how slowly Helene recovery money has moved.
North Carolina Awards $2.4 Million to 46 Small Businesses Under One NC Small Business Program for Fiscal 2026
The state announced 50 technology-commercialization grants across 13 counties for the fiscal year that ended June 30, down from $4.12 million and 90 businesses the year before, in a year when the federal SBIR/STTR programs the grants are tied to lapsed for six months.
UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Question Chancellor and Police Chief Over No Alert Carolina Message After Aug. 31 Greenlaw Hall Incident
At a Sept. 4 Faculty Council meeting, Chancellor Lee Roberts and Police Chief Brian James said the suspect was in custody within about 17 minutes, faster than a campus-wide alert can be approved; some faculty and students called the silence an abandonment.
N.C. Justice Officials Brief State Crime Commission on Rising Fraud and Sextortion Reports, Citing $432 Million in 2025 Internet-Crime Losses
State Department of Justice staff told the Governor's Crime Commission on Sept. 3 that fraud, extortion and sextortion complaints in North Carolina have climbed, drawing on SBI, FBI and FTC data that measures reports rather than confirmed crimes.
Matthews Mayor Asks Charlotte to Cover Small Towns' Share of I-77 Toll Penalty Before Sept. 23 CRTPO Vote
Mayor John Higdon says Charlotte should pay the state repayment bill facing smaller towns, as regional planners face an Oct. 5 state deadline to restore support for the I-77 South express lanes or reimburse NCDOT for design work it puts at $69.58 million.
Two NCCU Students Shot From Passing Vehicle Near Durham Campus; No Arrests
Durham police say a man and a woman, both North Carolina Central University students, were hit by gunfire from a passing car late Sunday near Concord and Dupree streets; both have been released from the hospital.
Oxfam's 2026 Best States to Work Index Ranks North Carolina Last Among 52 States and Territories
The advocacy group scored North Carolina 4.90 out of 100 on labor-policy measures, including a zero on organizing rights; the same state placed second on CNBC's 2026 business ranking.
North Carolina Reports 867 Cyclosporiasis Cases and 33 Hospitalizations Since May 1; State Says Source Not Yet Identified
NCDHHS says most cases are in Wake County and that its investigation is separate from the national Taco Bell lettuce outbreak, even as the FDA added North Carolina to that multistate count on August 5.