North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will become the first HBCU to offer a standalone Ph.D. in bioengineering.

North Carolina's Department of Transportation has only a fraction of the funding it needs to cover road construction and maintenance. Transportation Secretary Daniel Johnson told WUNC News his agency has to prioritize $144 billion in requests from local leaders, including everything from new turn lanes to new interstate highways.

Forsyth County commissioners have approved a new budget that includes a property tax increase and additional funding for local schools. But the district will still receive far less than it requested.

The tax credit has been widely cast as akin to a school voucher program. Some say it could serve public school students too, but that's complicated.