RALEIGH - North Carolina environmental officials have finalized a Cape Fear River Basin strategy identifying 166 flood-resilience actions, including 44 projects and policy steps recommended for early consideration.
RALEIGH - North Carolina’s Child Fatality Task Force voted Tuesday to urge recurring funding for school nurses, social workers and counselors. Its broader agenda also seeks more school psychologists, with Meta settlement proceeds identified as a possible funding source.
RALEIGH - The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two cases that could shape how lawmakers divide appointment authority over appellate-court vacancies and major state boards.
Democrat Raymond Smith Jr. has taken a 293-vote lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District as counties prepare to finalize election results.
RALEIGH - House Democratic Leader Robert Reives outlined a governing agenda Tuesday that emphasizes affordability, a more open budget process and bipartisan work when Democrats take control of the chamber in January.
LUMBERTON - Republican Sen. Danny Britt remained 228 votes ahead of Democrat Catina Hamm after election boards in all three counties of Senate District 24 completed their provisional-ballot reviews Tuesday, leaving control of the North Carolina Senate unresolved.
ELON - An Elon University Poll released Tuesday found 47% of North Carolina adults would react positively if the U.S. House passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, while 33% would react negatively.
RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson is leading a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general asking federal regulators to strengthen the database used to identify voice providers and block illegal robocalls.
RALEIGH - State environmental regulators ordered Chemours to broaden its PFAS assessment and revise its groundwater cleanup plan after finding significant deficiencies in the company's proposal.
RALEIGH - U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx says congressional election observers will monitor the continuing count in North Carolina’s 5th District, where unofficial results reported Sunday showed Democrat Chuck Hubbard leading by 99 votes.