Adam Wagner
NC Newsroom Editor/ReporterAdam Wagner is an editor/reporter with the NC Newsroom, a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for North Carolina audiences. The collaboration is funded by a two-year grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Adam can be reached at awagner@ncnewsroom.org
Wagner has more than 10 years of North Carolina reporting experience. Most recently, he served as Climate Change and Environmental Reporter at the News & Observer. There, he was part of a team that won several national awards for the investigative series Big Poultry, including an Investigative Reporters & Editors award and the Victor K. McElheny Award. As a reporter for the StarNews in Wilmington, he helped lead the team that broke the GenX/PFAS story. Wagner is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism & Honors program at Ohio University.
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Local governments use property taxes to pay for services. But with home values rising, so have taxes, raising alarm for some. -
The Trump endorsement is highly coveted in competitive Republican primaries. -
Chapel Hill Schools voted in 2024 to disregard state law around children changing their names or pronouns and a ban on instruction addressing gender identity before 5th grade. -
Economic development officials have focused on certain sectors, with job announcements paced by the largest in North Carolina's history. -
The deadline to apply for Renew NC recovery assistance is December 31. -
Likely changes come on the heels of significant premium increases in 2026, changes Briner said were necessary to stave off "a financial crisis" for the health plan. -
The Trump Administration has implemented tariffs on a sweeping array of products, many of which like steel and aluminum play a role in farming. -
Head of NC's Matthew, Florence rebuilding program says it's 'on target' to finish work within a yearThe N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency's home rebuilding program has been beleaguered with bureaucratic delays. Now, almost a decade after Matthew and Florence, the end is within sight. -
The NC General Assembly directed Auditor Dave Boliek to probe the recovery agency after it requested more than $200 million in additional funds to finish Florence and Matthew recovery. -
Gov. Josh Stein is at odds with legislative Republicans over what he says is a $319 million shortfall for Medicaid.
