I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Each morning, workers at the Highway 55 ...

1.25 million North Carolina residents will be eligible to use the IRS’ Direct File tool for the 2025 tax season. Getty Images/iStockphoto Next year, eligible North Carolinians will be able to have ...

Filing for North Carolina’s 2026 primary election officially closed at 12 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, setting the field for several high-profile federal, state, and local races across western North ...

The March 3 primary election is fast approaching. Here's what you need to know if you want to file to run for office.

Tax season is officially here, which means it’s time to start thinking about filing your federal and state returns in North Carolina ahead of the April 15 deadline. If your adjusted gross income (AGI) ...

After a decade of debate, North Carolina lawmakers voted last month to expand Medicaid in the state. Under the American Rescue Plan, North Carolina will receive an estimated extra $1.75 billion in ...

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, and other House Republicans, are sponsoring a newly filed bill about citizen voting laws called HB 1074 that would not change who can vote in elections but ...

Republican lawmakers are seeking to loosen gun laws by making NC the 30th state to legalize constitutional carry. A local gun seller weighs in on the potential impact. NEWS. SOME NORTH CAROLINA ...

Lawmakers in North Carolina are looking to make their state the next to end the prohibition of recreational marijuana, with two bills pending in the state legislature that would legalize cannabis for ...

Next year, eligible North Carolinians will be able to have their taxes handled directly through the IRS for free. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Revenue Secretary Ronald Penny ...