NC lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require middle and high school coaches to complete mental health training.

Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administration’s attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants. A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not terminate $20 billion of clean energy grants awarded to nonprofit groups. And a federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration’s attempt to halt a court order to restore $1.6 billion in climate justice grants, saying the Environmental Protection Agency must reinstate the money.

The State Employees Association of North Carolina has a simple explanation for the raft of vacant positions in state government: poor pay.

Moore County, N.C. settled with a family over claims that it wrongfully institutionalized children after their mother received cancer treatment.

North Carolina lawmakers want to require schools to allow off-campus religious instruction, and defended earmarking $10M for an AI tutoring program its own creator says hasn’t met his expectations.

Last week, Duke Energy announced it reached a settlement with the Utilities Commission’s Public Staff. Environmental advocates say it’s still too much. 

Former Gov. Roy Cooper is the third leading fundraiser of the 2026 U.S. Senate midterms with roughly $35 million this cycle.

The decision halts, at least until a nearly certain appeal is heard, efforts by the U.S. Postal Service to require states to submit the names of likely mail voters before it delivers ballots. It also stops the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from compiling lists of voting-age citizens in each state.

Recent polling shows growing opposition to data centers in North Carolina. That trend is being reflected across the state Monday, with three more cities and counties considering putting data project developments on pause, while a proposal to build one in Raleigh was withdrawn Saturday.

If the court takes the case, it could lead to a significant decision granting states greater leeway to purge alleged noncitizen voters close to elections and mandate that voters prove their citizenship — a key aim of the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump’s signature elections legislation that’s stalled in Congress.