Trained in the trenches of Texas and national politics, Margaret Spellings tackles the state’s most important job.

In fast-growing Brunswick County, Oak Island clings to its reputation as a low-key oceanfront hideaway.

While North Carolina’s constitution gives state lawmakers clear authority over the UNC System, its governing board has historically rejected rank partisanship. Are those days over?

Tanner Cos. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January.

While North Carolina’s health care industry awaits potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, it is empowering businesses and their workers to cut costs.

Mother Murphy’s Laboratories takes a tasteful approach to innovation.

Charlotte’s two dominant hospital systems, Novant Health and Carolinas HealthCare System, are raking in serious dough.

Majoring in the minors makes it tougher for North Carolina to retain its economic edge over Canada and others worldwide.

Hotels are setting occupancy and rate records, but can they capture the cool factor?

it’s the time of year when foreign workers — and employers seeking them — apply for the alphabet soup of visas allowing skilled and seasonal employees into the country.

North Carolina’s privately owned companies will lose one of the oldest and largest of its ranks when Acme-McCrary is sold to MAS Holdings.

The 2017 list of higher education schools in North Carolina.

North Carolina-based subscription boxes try to take a bite out of the multibillion-dollar industry. Some services are discovering that’s not always an easy delivery.

Departing a big state pension fund moved Robert Borden off a political hot seat and the national stage. He’s just fine with that.

Phononic develops semiconductor technology that makes refrigerators and cooling products operate more quietly and consume less energy.

General Steel Drum in Charlotte shows steely resolve competing against bigger producers.

North State Aviations’s departure will leave the Global TransPark with about 90,000 square feet of available, leasable space.

2017 Best Employers in North Carolina.