The state budget is already late, and now Gov. Josh Stein says the federal government is dumping more expenses on North ...

As State Advisory Council on Cannabis prepares to meet, NC House and Senate differ on how far hemp regulations should go.

The North Carolina Senate plans to roll out a so-called “mini budget” proposal Monday, indicating that negotiations over the broader $33 billion state budget are all but dead — at least for this ...

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis’ surprise retirement announcement has shaken up not only North Carolina’s Senate race, but also the ...

A state government budget proposal from North Carolina Senate Republicans received initial approval in their chamber on Wednesday, outlining a plan that spends the same amount as a competing House ...

A North Carolina House member has officially joined the state Senate — the chamber that he's already campaigning to serve in for the next two years. The newly appointed Sen. Bobby Hanig ...

A North Carolina House member has officially joined the state Senate — the chamber that he's already campaigning to serve in for the next two years. Republican Rep. Bobby Hanig of Currituck ...

It likely will be more difficult for Republicans to complete the overrides in the House, where they are short of a supermajority by one seat.

The amount of those raises are part of the divide between the House and Senate. In the House budget, state employees would receive raises of 2.5% in the coming year, including UNC System employees and ...

The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to ...

Newton, 64, a former Duke Energy state president in North Carolina from Cabarrus County, joined the Senate in 2017 and was elected by his GOP colleagues after the 2022 elections to the majority ...

"NC needs Lisa Grafstein in the NC Senate." Residency fights aren't uncommon during the run-up to an election. In 2022, two Senate candidates faced eligibility challenges over their home addresses.