A massive merger is underway between North Carolina’s two largest electricity providers, and we’ll discuss the potential pluses and minuses in a two-part conversation with one of our state’s top energy policy experts, Duke University’s Dr. Jackson Ewing
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., posted to social media that the reconciliation process would provide a way for Congress to change how elections work and appropriate more funding for defense.
resident Donald Trump announced Monday he would like the South Carolina governor to select the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister to fill the Republican’s seat for the remainder of his term.
The North Carolina House of Representatives is expected to vote on a hotly contested election reform bill next week.
It should be easier to throw out ballots if voters are believed to be lying about why they don’t have photo ID, Republicans on the NC elections board decided Thursday.
A bill that would change the list of North Carolina counties subject to a moratorium on property tax revaluation this year hit a snag Tuesday in the state Senate.
Duke Energy filed an amended proposal this week to reduce its requested rate increase from about 18% to about 9.5% over two years for residential users.
Black community leaders and lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly Tuesday said voting rights are under attack across the nation, including in North Carolina, after the U.S. Supreme Court significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act in an April ruling this year.
The analysis found that the veteran firearm suicide rate increased by about 67% between 2001 and 2023, compared with a 35% increase among nonveteran adults. The report points to differences in firearm ownership as one factor that may contribute to the disparity. About half of veterans report owning firearms, compared with roughly 20% of nonveteran adults, according to the report.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court’s pause on telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone until May 14.