-
$1.6 billion Medicaid 'signing bonus' to fund mental health, training — and bathrooms at a racetrackWith the expansion of Medicaid next month, North Carolina is getting a big check from the federal government. State lawmakers plan to spend more than a billion dollars on mental healthcare, training doctors and nurses — and a few projects that don’t relate to health.
-
The Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly approved GOP-drawn district maps for congressional races and state legislative seats.
-
Former state legislators and close associates of Republican lawmakers will join powerful state boards and commissions under a bill approved Wednesday.
-
Republicans could pick up at least three Congressional seats in 2024 and hold onto their state legislative super majorities under new political district maps.
-
A state Senate committee approved new congressional districts Monday that would likely help Republicans gain at least three additional seats next year.
-
Republican lawmakers filed new redistricting maps Wednesday afternoon that could give the GOP an advantage in next year's elections.
-
Six towns in Dare County have filed a lawsuit to block part of the state budget bill that bans them from regulating a new state-funded affordable housing project led by political donors.
-
State legislators voted to override five of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes, allowing a number of changes to North Carolina elections to become law Tuesday. One bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day.
-
NC lawmakers exempt themselves from public records laws while Democrats blast 'secret police' powersNorth Carolina’s legislature is now exempt from the public records law that governs other branches of government. The change comes alongside a major expansion of the legislature’s ability to seize documents from state agencies and private contracts.
-
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two bills Monday that he says would be harmful to the environment.