As law enforcement agencies across the state face staffing challenges, police chiefs and sheriffs are lobbying North Carolina legislators to allow veteran officers to keep their badges and retirement ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolina’s pension fund has grown $14 billion this year, but retirees say they aren’t seeing any more money in their monthly checks. Jerry Pinkard thought his ...

Retirement in the United States is increasingly a search for balance: between cost and quality of life, between access to care and access to nature, between quiet streets and cultural energy. On all ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Nearly half of North Carolina’s private sector workers don’t have a retirement savings ...

From the new flat tax to major Social Security perks, here is everything retirees need to know about the cost of living in ...

For some North Carolinians, the road to retirement is anything but even. While some workers can count on employer-backed savings plans, nearly half of North Carolinians will be left navigating the ...

North Carolina's thousands of state employees and public school educators build roads, teach the next generation and try to keep people safe. And after decades on the job, most look forward to some ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – State employees in North Carolina hired in the New Year and beyond won’t get health benefits once they retire. The decision was made as part of the 2017 state ...

Raleigh Police Department officers listen to property manager Dawn Murphy at the Millbank Apartments in April. The officers were participating in a “Cops on the Block” initiative, which is working to ...