Amid a tough election landscape for Republicans across the country, GOP candidates for the N.C. House are spending on TV ads in districts that haven’t been very competitive in the past.

State lawmakers plan to vote Wednesday afternoon to pause North Carolina's gas tax in the midst of high prices caused by the war in Iran.

Democrats are hoping to pick up seats in the legislature this year to bolster Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes, but to expand their margins, they’ll have to defend seats they flipped two years ago. That inclu...

The Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee that pledged to spend $71 million to help Republican Michael Whatley in the race for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, plans to pause ads...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley is criticizing polling that shows him far behind former Gov. Roy Cooper.

A coalition of left-leaning groups is suing to block new absentee ballot guidelines approved by the State Board of Elections, arguing that mail-in voters could be disenfranchised.

This November, in addition to deciding races for U.S. Senate, Congress, and the General Assembly - among others - voters will determine the fate of three proposed amendments to the North Carolina Cons...

North Carolina’s Supreme Court currently has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, and just one of those seats will be on the ballot this November. Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, faces former N.C. Rep. Sara...

State employees will likely pay more for healthcare if they use hospital systems in four rural counties north of the Triangle.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of transferring election administration to the state auditor's office.

A newspaper I’d never heard of landed in my home mailbox recently. Titled “The North Carolina Independent,” it included a crossword puzzle and some other features of a typical print publication.

A newspaper I’d never heard of landed in my home mailbox recently. Titled “The North Carolina Independent,” it included a crossword puzzle and some other features of a typical print publication.

If you’re an undecided voter, you might want to compare the candidates side by side on a debate stage, or in sit-down interviews with your local TV station, or perhaps at public events where they make...

Research Triangle Park has been a driving force in North Carolina’s growth for decades, but it started with a group of business and political leaders who saw potential to capitalize on the area’s thre...

North Carolina election officials say pending legal action over absentee voting won't impact the start of the mail-in voting period Friday.

North Carolina is preparing to start mailing absentee ballots amid confusion about some election procedures and rules.

The town of Rowland's water and sewer system has been operating at a loss for four years, and it has more than $150,000 in unpaid bills. It's one of more than a dozen towns that faced financial scruti...

North Carolina’s state government owns multiple historic houses near the governor’s mansion in downtown Raleigh. But while some are home to offices, others are used as storage units. That’s prompting ...

North Carolina’s state government owns multiple historic houses near the governor’s mansion in downtown Raleigh. But while some are home to offices, others are used as storage units. That’s prompting ...

A new bipartisan state law will overhaul the hiring process and employee benefits across state government, adding more parental leave and reducing the time it takes to get hired.

The State Board of Elections is meeting Thursday to settle partisan disputes over early voting. Election boards in 20 of North Carolina's 100 counties couldn't reach an agreement over early voting sch...

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State lawmakers left Raleigh Thursday and don't plan to return until after November's election. That's prompting worries among Democrats about a possible lame-duck session if Republicans lose seats.

A candidate known as High Priestex Mortellus petitioned against a rule requiring surnames on the ballot.

Gov. Josh Stein says he'll veto a bill that would shorten the early voting period in primaries. The change to early voting is part of a wide-ranging elections bill that passed the House Tuesday night ...

At age 85, Rufus Edmisten has had one of the longest and most colorful careers of any living figure in North Carolina politics. As a young aide to U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin, he delivered the subpoena for th...

Dozens of bars, breweries, and other businesses that sell hemp and THC beverages are asking state lawmakers to change a pending bill that could ban most hemp products in North Carolina.

Private prison operator GEO Group reached a deal with Department of Homeland Security to turn a facility in Winton into an ICE detention center.

The N.C. Senate has passed a bill that would take back a budget allocation for state Rep. Joe Pike's neighborhood in Harnett County.

Less than a month after state lawmakers passed a long-overdue budget, they're making changes to the spending plan.

A coalition of the state's leading law enforcement and prosecutor groups wrote to N.C. House lawmakers Monday asking them to take action next week on legislation regulating hemp products.

The newly enacted state budget includes bonuses for state employees, but the money won't appear in paychecks until late September.

The abuse and neglect of a child in Charlotte prompted state lawmakers to pass stronger child welfare regulations as part of the newly enacted budget bill.The Dominique Moody Safety Act was passed in ...

GOP candidate Michael Whatley has received a $5,000 campaign contribution from Chemours' political action committee.

Public schools in North Carolina are facing billions of dollars in unfunded school construction projects, and a lottery-supported grant program is only able to address a fraction of the requests it re...

Dallas Woodhouse has faced criticism for contacting county election officials to propose changes to early voting locations and hours. He had been serving as an elections liaison for State Auditor Dave...

Exclusive: Sophia Chitlik of Durham represented the interests of the embattled firm in at least three congressional office meetings.

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