NC Republican leaders announce end to state budget impasse
NC Republicans announce end to impasse on long overdue state budget with tax cuts and pay raises for teachers and state employees
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NC health officials are monitoring the hantavirus outbreak, but say North Carolina isn’t at risk
NC health officials say there’s no reason for people in North Carolina to worry about an increased risk of contracting Hantavirus.
Looser liquor law proposed by NC lawmakers faces moral, fiscal objections
Sunday sales at ABC stores, canned cocktails on grocery shelves and restaurant happy hours proposed by NC legislators
US Senate GOP not sold on $1B Secret Service ask
WASHINGTON — Several Republican U.S. senators left a closed-door lunch with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday saying they still have questions about how the agency would spend an additional $1 billion. Read more Constitutional property tax amendment passes key NC House panel despite concerns “I’ve asked for a lot more data,” said Senate…
Constitutional property tax amendment passes key NC House panel despite concerns
A constitutional amendment to limit the amount by which local governments can increase property taxes passed the NC House Finance Committee Tuesday.
NC House plan would bolster, expand access to rural healthcare
A bill that would set up a new grant and loan program to build and renovate rural hospitals is moving through the NC House.
NC lawmakers revamp bills to bar ‘adversarial’ nations from farmland
House Bill 133 would prohibit “adversarial” foreign countries from buying agricultural land situated within 50 miles of a military installation.
Clean energy groups challenge NC Utilities Commission chair’s order to pause solar projects
The pause affects 2026 proposal requests for solar plans expected to generate power in the early 2030s.
NC residents to go hungry, counties to pay more for SNAP under federal changes
A new federal law roping more people into work requirements to receive SNAP benefits means thousands in NC are at risk of losing food aid.
Some immigrants face indefinite detention, likely leading to Supreme Court case
As appeals courts split on the constitutionality of mandatory detention for millions of immigrants, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to decide the matter. A Trump administration policy threatening imprisonment without bond has been struck down by two appeals courts, which could soon be joined by a third, but upheld by two others.