Parlor Tricks

Amazing Spa, which police raided last September. (Carolyn de Berry for The Assembly)

A dust-up over illicit massage parlor busts in Greensboro led to the state’s first policy on sexual acts and police.

Making Biscuitville Rise

Kathie Niven, president and CEO of Biscuitville. (Kate Medley for The Assembly)

Biscuitville CEO Kathie Niven brings outsider energy to the family-owned company, and plans to add five new locations by the end of 2024.

A Question of Transparency

Former Greensboro City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba. (Travis Dove for The Assembly)

A Greensboro case tests the limits of the public’s right to know when city officials are involved in police activity.

Do The Right Thing

The office of the State Employees’ Credit Union in downtown Raleigh. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

The State Employees’ Credit Union is embroiled in a fight over who will decide the identity and future of the country’s second-largest credit union. 

Divisions and Subdivisions

An aerial view of The Farm at Summerfield, a neighborhood developed by David Couch in Summerfield, N.C., pictured here on April 11, 2023. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

A development fight has split the Greensboro exurb of Summerfield. The threat of state intervention might actually bring them together.

Boom or Bust

An artist's rendering of Boom Supersonic's manufacturing plant at Piedmont Triad Airport (Boom Supersonic)

Boom Supersonic could make North Carolina not just first in flight, but fastest. Yet experts question whether the startup’s supersonic jetliner will ever take off.