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.
RALEIGH - North Carolina plans to relaunch the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in early 2027, using about $25 million in state and federal funding to deliver weekly healthy food boxes to qualifying Medicaid members in 33 counties.
RALEIGH - A state audit released Friday says auditors reviewed selected cybersecurity controls at the North Carolina Secretary of State, but the public report withholds the findings and recommendations.
RALEIGH - The Associated Press called North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District race for Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Harris late Friday, while state election results remained unofficial.
RALEIGH - North Carolina's Justice Department sent inquiry letters to 42 gas stations and referred nine other complaints to the state Department of Agriculture after consumers reported possible fuel-price problems during the temporary suspension of the motor-fuel tax.