North Carolina will raise hourly rates for court-appointed attorneys beginning Oct. 1, with compensation ranging from $85 for misdemeanor cases to $120 for potentially capital cases.
The State Board of Elections will decide early-voting plans for 20 counties, including Lenoir, Greene, Pitt and Wayne, after local boards failed to reach unanimous agreements.
North Carolina officials approved the state's first Workforce Pell programs, committed a $1 million economic-development incentive and opened several groups of state regulations for public review.
North Carolina alcohol regulators are continuing a study of potential minimum pricing for liquor after reviewing the issue at the ABC Commission’s Aug. 12 meeting.
A judge has found Nexstar violated an injunction requiring it to remain separate from Tegna while a multistate antitrust challenge proceeds.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson is opposing a Duke Energy Progress settlement that would raise residential electricity rates approximately 6.8% over two years.
Today’s briefs include state budget changes, election administration updates, regulatory reform, appointments and state agency enforcement actions.
A North Carolina election administration bill became law Tuesday, extending several ballot cure deadlines and changing procedures for absentee ballots, provisional ballots, early voting equipment and court review of State Board of Elections decisions.
RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein signed a state budget modifications bill Tuesday, making additional changes to the 2026 Current Operations Appropriations Act and related legislation.
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