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.

On their last day before heading home for nearly a month, North Carolina senators voted to ban most cannabis products currently being sold in the state.

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.”

Democrats are seizing the mantle of states’ rights to oppose the agenda of President Donald Trump, who has sought to reset Washington’s relationship with the states.

People, businesses and nonprofits are getting a slice of the semiquincentennial pie, some bigger than others. But there is no clear accounting of which entities are getting the bigger shares, and no one associated with either America250 or Freedom 250 offered a full explanation to States Newsroom.

HUD is currently finalizing a rule that would allow public housing authorities and property owners who participate in federal housing voucher programs to impose work requirements and time limits on work-ready adults, or working-age adults (younger than 62) who are not disabled.

A $34 billion budget for NC passed with bipartisan support in the legislature and is finally on its way to Gov. Josh Stein after a year-long delay.

The state is poised to pass a budget that was due last year, though disagreements between Republicans triggered rare defections on the vote.

Rep. Ed Goodwin (R-Chowan) choked back emotion Wednesday morning as he tried one last time to gain recognition for the Tuscarora Indians. 

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed two public safety bills into law on Thursday.