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According to the CDC, an estimated 31 million people are bitten by ticks each year, with most encounters taking place between April and October. But in 2026, ER visits began rising as early as March. Weekly...
The budget allocates a total of $22 million to the North Carolina Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill for research related to PFAS.
The state is poised to pass a budget that was due last year, though disagreements between Republicans triggered rare defections on the vote.
Rep. Ed Goodwin (R-Chowan) choked back emotion Wednesday morning as he tried one last time to gain recognition for the Tuscarora Indians.
Celebrating Independence Day by debating restrictions on voting is a little like celebrating Earth Day by clear-cutting a forest.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed two public safety bills into law on Thursday.
The North Carolina Education Lottery, now 20 years old, continues to set new records, but officials say future success may depend on increasing visibility, national jackpot games, and retaining lottery emplo...
So far, Democrats are blowing past their Republican opponents in campaign fundraising, buoyed in part by a surge in small-dollar donations. That advantage may not last, observers say.
As the summer heat settles in, North Carolina Senate Democrats say lawmakers need to address consumer protections and how rising energy costs are passed on to residential customers.
A bill that would change the list of North Carolina counties subject to a moratorium on property tax revaluation this year hit a snag Tuesday in the state Senate.
The Lumbee Tribe voted Tuesday against constitutional amendments that would have paved the way for the tribe to build a casino in southeastern N.C.
The North Carolina House of Representatives is expected to vote on a hotly contested election reform bill next week.
Solar production occupies just 0.24% of prime farmland in North Carolina at the moment, according to the latest report by a national solar group.
As public concerns about energy sucking data centers continue to grow, we’ll get an update on Duke Energy’s latest carbon plan and its assumptions about these facilities in a chat with the North Carolina...
The North Carolina legislature’s 2026 session continues to linger on with no end or state budget in sight, and we’ll get an update on several subjects under discussion in an extended conversation with Wa...
Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) told members of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Western North Carolina Recovery Monday that legislators are working to finalize the state budget, but the exact appropriati...
State lawmakers are consider repealing the longstanding ban on jetties and seawalls on North Carolina’s coastline.
Unsecured firearms are a factor in the gun violence epidemic in the United States, and North Carolina is no exception. Forty-two percent of North Carolinians keep a firearm in or around their home, and at le...
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Buncombe and Cabarrus County school districts over transgender student restroom use.
Senate Republicans passed a revenue bill despite controversy that it walks back a Trump administration research and development tax break.
As state lawmakers consider repealing the longstanding ban on jetties on North Carolina’s coastline, some of the state’s top scientists are recommending "a cautious approach" to allowing any new hardened...
A bill that would establish minimum standards of care for domestic dogs and cats unanimously passed the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
An NC House committee okayed a controversial voting bill that would tighten rules for overseas voters and give the auditor more power, but the bill's sponsor says it's still a work in progress.
Faced with what looks increasingly like a pitchfork-bearing electorate, GOP pols and their appointees have turned again to their tried-and-true tactic of keeping as many citizens as possible – especially y...