North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced Wednesday he has vetoed a bill that would have banned homeless encampments outside of official, city-maintained sites, saying it’s not a “real solution” to homelessness.
The measure makes changes to “Iryna’s Law,” a 2025 criminal law package requiring more suspects to receive psychiatric evaluations and remain in custody before trial.
State legislators packed a lot of new laws into the budget bill, and we’ll discuss some of them as well as some other late legislative session developments in a two-part conversation with NC Newsline reporter, Brandon Kingdollar.
The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies.
Republican lawmakers reduced proposed funding for Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI platform from $10 million to $500,000 in the budget.
Gov. Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by four percentage points in a new poll from Public Policy Polling, showing a competitive race.
According to the CDC, an estimated 31 million people are bitten by ticks each year, with most encounters taking place between April and October. But in 2026, ER visits began rising as early as March. Weekly ER trips for tick bites are also up in every U.S. region except for South Central as of June 28, the online tick tracker shows.
UFC began constructing the 92-foot-tall, 154-foot-wide steel staging area on May 26, and corporate organizers were placing the final touches on the temporary 4,300-seat structure this week.According to government court filings, organizers expect up to 120,000 guests to watch the fights on large screens on the Ellipse in addition to the guests under “The Claw.”
On the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump used his address Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota to allege that there is “a resurgence of the communist menace in our land.”
NC Senate approves sending a constitutional amendment capping the tax rate to voters. The House vote was postponed.