Trimming the fat: As federal debt soars, North Carolina leaders focus on...
Efforts to address government efficiency and waste are gaining momentum in North Carolina as lawmakers engage in ongoing discussions about spending oversight. As a national conversation on government...
View ArticleTroxler: NC No. 1 state at risk for wildfires
Following the wildfires that ravaged western North Carolina over the weekend, Steve Troxler, Commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), told...
View ArticleNew report urges legislation to address addictive social media algorithms...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has advised lawmakers to take action against addictive social media algorithms that officials say are harming youth mental health across the...
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Keith and Aviva Siegel advocate for hostages still held by Hamas
Keith Siegel, a Chapel Hill native, is just a month out of captivity by Hamas. Rather than focusing on recovery, he is actively meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocating for the release of...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court to hear NC felon voting case in May
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on May 9 in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s crime against felons voting in state elections. A federal trial judge struck down the...
View ArticleBipartisan NC Appeals Court panel rejected Griffin’s December election request
Three months after its decision, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has revealed the names of judges who ruled against colleague Jefferson Griffin in December during the early stages of his election...
View ArticleRecortar la grasa: mientras la deuda federal se dispara, los líderes de...
Los esfuerzos para abordar la eficiencia y el despilfarro del gobierno están ganando impulso en Carolina del Norte a medida que los legisladores participan en debates en curso sobre la supervisión del...
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Outcry over discussion of NC State Health Plan raising costs to employees
Despite the differing opinions at Friday’s North Carolina State Health Plan (SHP) Board of Trustees meeting, one thing was certain: the plan will become insolvent over the next two years if premiums or...
View ArticleFederal Appeals court throws out 114-month sentence for violent NC felon
A split panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a 114-month prison sentence for a North Carolina felon convicted on a gun charge. The court’s majority faulted the trial judge in the...
View ArticleUS secretary of agriculture visits WNC in aftermath of wildfires
On Thursday, newly confirmed secretary of the US Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited western North Carolina to survey the damage caused by the recent wildfires and Helene. Rollins’s visit...
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Legislators briefed on new technology to eliminate PFAS in NC water sources
Forever chemicals in North Carolina’s water systems could be filtered out before human consumption using innovative technology introduced to legislators in the General Assembly last week. A North...
View ArticleTribunal federal de apelaciones anula sentencia de 114 meses para delincuente...
Un panel dividido del Tribunal de Apelaciones del 4th Circuito de Estados Unidos ha anulado una sentencia de 114 meses de prisión para un delincuente de Carolina del Norte condenado por un cargo de...
View ArticleUn nuevo informe insta a legislar para abordar los algoritmos adictivos de...
El Grupo de Trabajo sobre Mortalidad Infantil de Carolina del Norte ha recomendado a los legisladores que tomen medidas contra los algoritmos adictivos de las redes sociales que, según los...
View ArticleTop NC court to hear animal waste permit dispute on April 23
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a case pitting the state Department of Environmental Quality against the North Carolina Farm Bureau. The farm group opposes three...
View ArticleBill aims to save NC billions in energy costs by ditching ‘arbitrary’ 2030...
Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are looking to scrap part of the state’s current carbon reduction plan in a new bill that passed the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy, and...
View ArticleStein issues executive order creating task force for childcare and early...
Citing the need to expand access to affordable, high-quality childcare across North Carolina, Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order on Monday formally establishing the Task Force for Child Care and...
View ArticleBill barring NC’s attorney general from challenging Trump passes Senate
Republicans in the North Carolina Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that restricts the state attorney general from participating in legal actions aimed at challenging executive orders issued by the...
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Hall accepts constitutional carry petitions, says ‘it’s just a matter of time’
North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, received several boxes of petitions supporting permitless carry on Tuesday and remarked that it’s only a matter of time before he expects the...
View ArticleWhat do US Department of Education layoffs mean for North Carolina?
The United States Department of Education is facing restructuring, announcing Tuesday evening that nearly 50% of the DOE workforce is being laid off. Officials say about 600 employees took a voluntary...
View ArticleBill calls for only American, NC flags on state government buildings
A pair of patriotic bills intended to encourage American unity are under consideration in the North Carolina General Assembly, advancing out of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The...
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