By Trey Ferguson Carolina Journal North Carolina’s 2024 ban on local government-initiated down-zoning (buried deep in the Hurricane Helene recovery bill, SB 382) has been sold as a “property rights ...

Property taxes fund city and county operations, and are set by local community leaders. State legislators are examining ...

Voters in hundreds of North Carolina municipalities are heading to the polls Tuesday to elect representatives for local government offices. In Buncombe County, elections will be held for town ...

SPEED – Despite its name, life moves slowly in the Town of Speed. So does its municipal government, which has been pressured by the state’s Local Government Commission to dissolve voluntarily after ...