Senator Thom Tillis accepting more than $20,000 in campaign contributions from political action committees tied to pharmaceutical companies within two weeks of sponsoring a bill related to drug prices in late 2019.
A bill signed by Governor Roy Cooper last week will add an extra $50 per week for people receiving unemployment benefits in North Carolina. However, the money is funded by the federal government and is set to expire in December.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and City of Charlotte have refused, for months, to release the use of force report detailing actions by police officers during the June 2 protests. Members of the Charlotte City Council wouldn't state on the record whether they would support release.
In an email sent to Mecklenburg County Commissioners after the RNC, Public Health Director Gibbie Harris highlighted the biggest disappointments from the convention.
During their Tuesday night meeting council voted to retroactively change the policy so that complaints already filed would face review from “outside counsel” instead of an “independent investigator.”
A former nurse at the Mecklenburg County Health Department has filed a lawsuit against the department and the county, claiming she was fired for raising concerns about the department’s handling of testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
When you live on a fixed income, every dollar makes a difference. Surprise medical bills can be a huge problem. That’s what happened to one 74-year-old, Charlotte area woman.
The Mecklenburg County Superior Court has scheduled nearly two dozen cases to be heard involving petitions to release law enforcement video, a little more than a week after a WBTV investigation found a massive backlog of cases waiting to be heard.
The Mecklenburg County court system is routinely holding court hearings without advertising the hearing to the public. A court official says public notice isn't required but an expert in court transparency says it limits the public's ability to access court proceedings.
A North Carolina prison facility is on ‘red status’ after a spike in COVID-19 cases that prison officials have traced back to inmates who work in a laundry facility operated by Correction Enterprises.
House Rules Chairman David Lewis (R-Harnett) has been charged with federal crimes. He resigned his office this afternoon, shortly before the charges were filed.
As a flurry of ethics complaints fly at Charlotte city councilmembers, there's desire to tweak the rules so frivolous complaints don't lead to an investigation.
A backlog of petitions for law enforcement video filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court has created a backlog of transparency, a WBTV investigation has found. There are 31 petitions for police video pending in Mecklenburg County, dating back to April 2018.
Charlotte's city attorney says the ethics rules that currently exist need to be revisited by council because they don’t allow him any discretion in deciding what is referred to an independent investigator.
Teachers in Union County Public Schools have raised concerns about a cleaning solution issued for use in classrooms this school year, the label for which advises it can be harmful to human skin and cause eye irritation. The district hasn't provided any alternative.
On days when temperatures are hovering around 90-degrees, imagine being cooped up inside your home with no air conditioning. For the past month, Curtese Shiflet and her husband say they have been begging technicians to fix their AC Unit, but the excuses keep coming along with the heat!
A local man went to the hospital thinking his procedure would be covered by insurance, but got a rude awakening when he opened the mail and got a bill for thousands of dollars instead.
North Carolina health officials scrapped a plan to identify meatpacking plants with outbreaks of COVID-19 after some county health departments voiced concern that it would end cooperation with the companies.
A news release sent by NCGOP states that complaints filed were in direct response to conflict of interest questions raised about a planned partnership between City Councilman Tariq Bokhari’s non-profit Carolina Fintech Hub and the City of Charlotte.
Wednesday night Mecklenburg County staff and CMPD laid out a two part enforcement plan to ensure local businesses are complying with local and state COVID-19 restrictions.
WBTV continues investigating surprise medical bills as a woman called for help after going to the emergency room, paying a copay, and still ended up with a big bill.
As part of an operation targeting “Fish Arcades” CMPD and other law enforcement agencies visited more than 200 establishments and issued more than a dozen citations for businesses in violation of local and state COVID-19 orders.
A new lawsuit filed Tuesday says Union County Sheriff Eddie Cathey and his staff at the jail are responsible for the death of an inmate who died from a drug overdose while in custody. The lawsuit also says some video of the incident was deleted.
While council members nearly unanimously agreed there was a conflict of interest, several pointed out during the Tuesday meeting that this will make it difficult to create and approve the program on a quick timeline.
Armato joined a virtual Mecklenburg county commission meeting Tuesday to update commissioners on how the hospitals are doing. He says the surge that was projected has been watered down by preventative measures.
Of 75 complaints and referrals related to COVID-19 and the meat packing industry through July 15, none have prompted fines or even a site visit, the NC labor department says. But a N.C. DOL spokesman says they're just relying on the companies' word.
A narrative of a violent arrest by Union County sheriff's deputies last year contains allegations that the suspect resisted arrest that are not seen in video of the incident. Instead, the video shows a man being tased and pepper sprayed while on his knees with his hands behind his back.
City Attorney Patrick Baker sent a memo to council members on Sunday detailing his review of a proposed program involving a nonprofit run by Councilman Tariq Bokhari that would train workers for the financial tech sector.
In order for North Carolinians to keep earning an extra $600 in unemployment benefits, Congress would need to pass an extension which Governor Roy Cooper pushed for on Tuesday.
The December assault of a 16-year-old boy outside of an emergency room in Lincoln County is under investigation by the FBI and US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
A Concord couple is facing a 27-thousand dollar hospital bill for treatment they thought was covered by insurance. After fighting with the hospital for 9 months, they turned to WBTV.
Documents obtained by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network show state health leaders waited until mid-April to begin formulating a comprehensive state-wide testing plan. At the same time, North Carolina was slipping to the bottom of the back in per-capita testing compared to other states.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman announced on Wednesday that she would not file charges against former Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris as part of her probe of the 9th Congressional District scandal.
Four Gaston County nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks have gone weeks without being identified by state health officials, despite a pledge to disclose all outbreaks at nursing homes and other congregate living facilities.
North Carolina lacks a plan for regular testing for staff and residents in nursing homes and lags other states in even ordering mandatory one-time testing. Experts say that could cost lives.
A judge said Friday that North Carolina prisons are out of compliance with a court order, and that conditions in state prisons were likely unconstitutional in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
While the vast majority of business owners decided not to identify their race in their applications, out of 2,267 businesses only a small portion were listed as minority owned.
The North Carolina prison system does not have a schedule to test all of its inmates for COVID-19, despite repeated claims it will complete the testing by mid-August, which came after a judge ordered mass testing.
The $600 dollars from the FPUC is slated to expire on July 25th meaning if Congress doesn’t act, jobless North Carolinians are facing a steep drop in their weekly deposits.
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 168 Monday night, which has gained national attention for a provision that would have shielded some death investigation records from the public.
North Carolina legislators introduced a bill Monday to repeal a provision they passed last month that would shield some death investigation records from the public.
The N.C. Department of Public Safety hired a security company to provide armed guards at prisons around the state despite a history of past disciplinary actions, state records show.
Following public outcry and two days of protests about a measure that would shield death investigations from public access, Gov. Roy Cooper said he has concerns about the language under scrutiny.
A Charlotte man says he’s being unfairly targeted by the city’s code enforcement office, being cited repeatedly for tall grass on a piece of property he didn’t even know was his.
A group of journalists from media outlets across North Carolina made the decision to work together, to hold leaders accountable and find any missing puzzle pieces in the state’s reporting of the pandemic.
Days after the North Carolina legislature’s passage of a bill that includes a measure to further restrict death investigation records from public access, some lawmakers say they plan to walk back the provision.
While North Carolinians were sleeping early Friday morning, the General Assembly swiftly passed a bill that would shield death-investigation records from the public. The bill was requested by N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and passed unanimously by lawmakers.
Leaders at health systems around the state say a combination of better medical care and larger stockpiles of protective gear mean they can handle surges in COVID-19 patients more effectively today than they could three months ago.
WBTV responded to the same ad and the scam artist offered to sell us the same two jet skis she just sold to the Hansons. When WBTV told her we were reaching out for the Hansons, there was no response.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson has asked the state auditor to investigate a contract signed by Eric Davis, the chairman of the North Carolina Board of Education. Johnson says Davis violated state procurement laws.
NC prison officials transferred more than 1,000 inmates between various prisons in April and May, at a time when they said inmate movement had been largely restricted. Experts say each inmate movement increased the risk of spreading the virus.
Gina Bond has multiple sclerosis. She gets special medicine a few times a year and, usually, it’s supposed to be free. But then she started getting a bill for thousands of dollars – with nobody willing to tell her why.
Law enforcement agencies across the state refuse to tell the public how they use force when policing their communities, citing provisions in state law they say shield such records from public view. Now, some state leaders say those laws should be re-examined.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency has opened the application process for homeowners affected by Hurricane Matthew and/or Florence who are seeking rebuilding assistance.
The Division of Employment Security says that people are eligible to extend those benefits through the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.
