The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund on Friday announced $4.2 million in grants to 14 local governments to help fund a number of parks and recreation projects.

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Business Condos USA is opening its first office in the state in Houston.

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With the future of Atlanta's Beltline under debate, the head of the agency steering the massive project is expected to announce his resignation early next week.

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Local officials took part Thursday in a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of two single-family homes on 13th Avenue in Homestead.

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Washington will continue to have the nation's highest minimum wage in the country on Jan. 1, when it rises 30 cents to $7.93 per hour.

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Minorities made up the fastest-growing segment of new homebuyers in 2005, and Jacksonville was among the top 10 markets in the country for such growth.

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D.R. Horton had the most new home starts in the Austin market during the last year, according to an independent report by market research firm Residential Strategies Inc.

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The 197-unit Heritage Ridge Apartments in Lynnwood have been sold for $25.8 million.

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A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge on Friday approved what he called a "generous" settlement that will provide millions of dollars in discounts to advertisers in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a case where the newspaper was sued for overcharging for its advertising space.

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The Florida International University board of trustees has named the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The college, authorized by the Florida Board of Governors earlier this year, is slated to admit its first class in 2008.

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