2025 NC Legislature

Called the REINS Act, the legislation says the General Assembly must approve rules that meet certain cost thresholds.

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.

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.

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.

State lawmakers plan to wrap up their session this week without a full budget agreement. That impasse prompted the state Senate and House to propose scaled-back spending bills — but so far they can't even agree on the details of that.