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.

Kenan Institute Research Economist Sarah Dickerson characterizes the latest national jobs report as “solid and steady.” But if you are looking for a job this summer, Dickerson says the job market does not appear to be strengthening, either.

Cook Political Report rates the race as “solid Republican.”

Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 32,495 veterans experiencing homelessness, 387, or 1.2%, fewer than the previous year.

A Senate committee advanced a bill to prohibit local governments from adopting a property tax rate exceeding the revenue-neutral tax rate.

Darline Graham Nordone will finish out the term of her older brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who adopted and raised her following their parents’ deaths.

As part of our ongoing series Billion Dollar Baby Bump, States Newsroom spoke with former pregnancy center staffers and with clients who sought care at crisis pregnancy centers. These are some of their stories.

President Donald Trump has not slowed his pursuit of central policy goals and personal pursuits, even after major setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts.

H1159 teaches teens who are in grades nine through 12 how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of a mental health crisis or substance use among their friends. Experts say teens are often more likely to open up to their friends than an adult.

Republicans say the change would enhance election security. Democratic critics say it would disenfranchise legitimate voters, and could be applied arbitrarily with political motives.