Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance unemployment benefits using the state’s Emergency Management Act.

Calling it the "biggest sham ever" on North Carolina taxpayers, Republican state Rep. Brendan Jones said pace of recovery from a hurricane more than six years

More than 80 days after Election Day, a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains unresolved. That's because the Republican candidate is contesting some 65,000 ballots.

There are still some unresolved races from the 2024 election, and one of them involves a seat on North Carolina's highest court.

The North Carolina General Assembly on Nov. 20 overturned a gubernatorial veto to require all 100 sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A bill in Congress would allow victims of felonies committed by undocumented immigrants to sue localities that don't cooperate with ICE

This comes as NC lawmakers are also weighing what state aid to provide for Helene recovery in Western North Carolina.

New Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been privately indicating she's prepared to intervene in contested primaries. Why it matters: Senate Democrats want to avoid the GOP's Obama-era pain of watching preferred candidates lose primaries to unelectable newcomers.

North Carolina’s hurricane homebuilding program is asking lawmakers for more than $200 million in new funding — a major new request by an embattled agency seeking to climb out of a massive deficit and finish decade-long work.

One western North Carolina lawmaker said if Hurricane Helene recovery takes as long as Florence and Matthew, that whole part of the state might simply secede.

A legislative oversight committee led by state House and Senate Republicans is scheduled to hear testimony from the head of Rebuild NC under former Gov. Roy Cooper as well as two more of Stein’s top advisors for Helene relief efforts.

With Duke and UNC trending in opposite directions, you had questions before the first meeting of the rivals this season on Saturday.