June 2026

In 2024-25, while the United States saw a small overall decline in homelessness, North Carolina was moving rapidly in the other direction.

Whether NC House and Senate members will have a budget deal by mid-June remains to be seen, but as the 2026 hurricane season kicks off, recovery from 2024’s Hurricane Helene is still not fully funded.

The North Carolina legislature could soon take up a 50% excise tax on “prurient” and “obscene” sexual material harmful to minors.

NC Democrats previewed an upcoming rideshare safety bill inspired by the 2025 killing of a Durham Uber driver.

It was the first time Mullin, who was advocating for President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, has appeared before Congress since the Senate confirmed his nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security in March.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday the Trump administration has rescinded its plan to use a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department.

S730 establishes rules for large data center development, like requiring large facilities to conduct noise studies, and allowing local governments to assess impacts on water, air quality, agricultural resources and thermal plumes before approval. 

The new interim rule, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is intended to give states more details on how they’re supposed to verify the work status for about 20 million adults enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance program for people with low incomes.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would fund a statewide AI tutoring program centered on Khan Academy’s Khanmigo platform, even though the firm’s own founder says the program has not yet made the impact he hoped for. 

The racial wealth gap is widening as many workers of color go without retirement savings. Retirement savings, not home equity, is the largest driver of American household wealth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.