May 2026

An N.C. Senate bill seeks to reduce adult care home inspections. Bill sponsor Sen. Jim Burgin says the bill grew from talks with home operators.

Current state law requires only repeat and severe offenders to use the devices. A bill with bipartisan support would expand that.

The “Real Tickets, Real Fans Act” would tighten regulations on second- and third-party sellers, targeting price gouging and fraudulent concert tickets. 

CDC officials are working with local and state public health officials to ensure anyone who may have been exposed outside of the cruise ship isolates at home and monitors themselves for symptoms. Officials declined to say how many people are being monitored for possible exposure or where they are located in the country, citing privacy concerns.

The House Finance Committee gave its approval to a bill to close an affordable property tax loophole for affordable housing.

Venturella worked at DHS during the Obama administration. He has also worked for the private prison company GEO, which earns billions in government contracts to detain immigrants across the country. He retired from GEO in 2023 after serving as the vice president of client relations.

Senators approved Warsh 54-45 nearly along party lines. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., broke ranks with his party to join Republicans in support of Warsh’s nomination. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., did not vote.

NC Republicans announce end to impasse on long overdue state budget with tax cuts and pay raises for teachers and state employees

NC health officials say there’s no reason for people in North Carolina to worry about an increased risk of contracting Hantavirus.

Sunday sales at ABC stores, canned cocktails on grocery shelves and restaurant happy hours proposed by NC legislators