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The heat wave that hit North Carolina this week brought record highs—and an increase in heat-related hospital visits. Here's what doctors are recommending to stay safe the rest of the summer.

Moments before the Hurricane Helene relief package was passed by both chambers, legislators struck a controversial provision.

The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Robert Reives, says he's frustrated with GOP lawmakers' inability to pass a budget or even a stopgap spending bill this year.

The state legislature gave final approval this week to three different bills to ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs.

The relief package appropriates about $700 million to the state's Helene fund and sends $270 million to repair storm-damaged transportation infrastructure.

Researchers are creating evaluation frameworks to ensure the safe usage of LLMs, like ChatGPT, at Duke Health

The new leader of the State Board of Elections wants the power to replace more than a third of the agency's staff. A bill that passed the N.C. House Elections Committee Thursday would strip employment protections from 25 people at the agency administering elections.

PowerSchool suffered a global data breach in January, threatening sensitive information of NC students and teachers. The State Board of Education held a special meeting Monday to review using other products offered by PowerSchool.

Mecklenburg County leaders want to put the transit referendum on the ballot this November. It would add a one percent sales tax to fund transportation projects.

The House won't take up the proposal, which also would have opened up recreation flounder and red snapper fishing seasons.

The state Senate gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would restrict the use of cell phones in public schools.

UNC researcher Chelsea Black partnered with Indonesian shark fishermen. Together, they discovered the third-known tiger shark hotspot, and are fighting to protect it.