North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein urged state lawmakers Monday to allocate hundreds of millions more dollars toward western ...

The proposed funding would follow $500 million already approved by lawmakers and would target what Stein called "the highest priority issues." ...

Within the legislation known as Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 – Part 1, or House Bill 47, was $200 million to Helene-specific crop-loss and farm restoration; $120 million for rebuilding and repairing ...

Gov. Josh Stein visited Rutherford County on May 19 to unveil his latest state budget proposal to fund Tropical Storm Helene recovery.

North Carolina’s first-year teachers could have the highest salaries in the Southeast, if the state House’s budget plan ...

House Republicans failed to push the bill out of the Budget Committee. Five GOP conservatives voted against it, demanding further cuts to Medicaid, green energy tax breaks and other changes.

Up first, a dispatch from Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan on the state legislator honored for saving a woman’s life. State Rep. Dean ...

Meanwhile, the administration has repeatedly denied federal aid to disaster-stricken regions, arguing that states should lead response efforts. This earned a rebuke from Republicans in Arkansas, who ...

North Carolina lawmakers this week will begin considering the nomination to the North Carolina Utilities Commission of Donald ...

Ivermectin would be available on-demand, health insurers would cover more cancer screenings, and telemarketers would have fewer tricks up their sleeve under bills advanced Wednesday in the North ...