The North Carolina General Assembly meets in the State Legislative Building in Raleigh, seen here in February 2018. File / Frank Taylor / Carolina Public Press State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil ...

First state budget since storm struck NC includes millions to address range of Helene recovery needs, but does less than Stein requested.

State audit shows Rocky Mount utility customers not double-billed. But it also points to more than $30k in late payments from council members.

A Rockingham County voter checks in March 3, 2026, at the Huntsville Elementary polling place in Madison. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press In the coming days, election officials in Guilford and ...

State audit shows Rocky Mount utility customers not double-billed. But it also points to more than $30k in lay payments from ...

Tropical Storm Helene underscored the dangers of aging dams and flood-control infrastructure in Western North Carolina. Leading up to the storm, some signs already indicated that something more needed ...

Public comment speakers at the Granville County Board of Elections meeting on July 15, 2026, in Oxford call for the board to reinstate two early voting sites. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press ...

Raises for teachers and cops prompted Gov. Stein to accept the state budget despite objections to numerous other tax and policy measures.

Dallas Woodhouse resigned from NC auditor's office as more of his pressure on county election boards over early voting plans came to light.

NC was cut out of negotiations and payments as EPA quietly sued and settled with Chemours, whose Bladen Co. plant is linked to PFAS pollution.

Concerns about whether state's voucher program for private school students is getting a good return on investment are driving a state audit.

The use of school restrooms designated for one sex by transgender individuals who are biologically of the opposite sex has become the subject of a federal investigation in Buncombe and Cabarrus ...