Republicans have one more opportunity to use the complex process they relied on to enact their “big, beautiful” law and provide tens of billions in additional funding for immigration enforcement — a chance that becomes less likely the more divisions over a voter identification bill splinter the party.

Cities and towns across the country have revived juvenile curfews and increased police patrols in response to an apparent uptick in large teen gatherings and fights organized through social media.

We dig into some of what the new state budget does and doesn’t do – as well as several other recent developments at the state legislature in a special two-part conversation with Durham County State Representative Marcia Morey..

House Republican leaders are likely to bring the budget resolution to the floor next week before that chamber leaves for its five-week August recess, now expected July 23.

Raul Reis, dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, will step down from his leadership position Aug. 1. The announcement was made Friday by Magnus Egerstedt, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.

Duke University plans to build a small data center at Central Campus, potentially the first of several similar-size projects, which has raised questions among some faculty about whether the energy- and water-intensive endeavors could derail the institution’s climate commitments.

The bill would prohibit software developers from designing, training, or modifying AI systems for use in healthcare coding if the AI system is designed to “promote, incentivize or result in upcoding.”

As the summer heat settles in, North Carolina Senate Democrats say lawmakers need to address consumer protections and how rising energy costs are passed on to residential customers.

Transgender military members won a temporary victory against the Trump administration in federal appeals court Monday when two judges ruled a policy banning them from service violated their constitutional right to equal protection under the law.

The pause affects 2026 proposal requests for solar plans expected to generate power in the early 2030s.