A host of high-profile Democrats called for Graham Platner, the party’s nominee to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in November’s election, to drop out of the race as they tried to save the party’s chances to retake the Senate majority.
The NC House approved a raft of election and budget changes, including a provision that could disenfranchise voters wrongly flagged in a federal database. That bill passed only with Republican votes.
Private equity’s foray into healthcare over the past several years, particularly into hospital ownership, has drawn public outrage and legislative scrutiny. It’s all happening as states are staring down steep federal cuts to Medicaid.
The order expands on the North Carolina State Ethics Act, which prohibits public servants from insider trading.
Coastal lawmakers are calling for changes to the state ban on hardened structures as they look for ways to protect beach homes from worsening erosion.
As the summer heat settles in, North Carolina Senate Democrats say lawmakers need to address consumer protections and how rising energy costs are passed on to residential customers.
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a controversial elections law bill on Monday, saying the veto was necessary to defend voting rights. In both chambers of the legislature, only Republicans voted to pass House Bill 958.
Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank. The report analyzed findings from a December 2025 survey of 10,000 working-age adults across the nation.
We dig into some of what the new state budget does and doesn’t do – as well as several other recent developments at the state legislature in a special two-part conversation with Durham County State Representative Marcia Morey..
Addressing the University Affairs committee Wednesday, Provost Magnus Egerstedt said after reviewing UNC-Chapel Hill’s 275 degree programs, 28 stood out for low enrollment or low rates of degree completion.