2025 NC Legislature

The General Assembly has passed a pair of bills making minor adjustments to last year's state budget, but a full spending package remains out of reach.

The North Carolina legislature opened a brief session Tuesday. But lawmakers aren't holding any votes, and they still haven't reached agreement on a budget.

The leader of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles says his agency is rapidly filling open positions to address long wait times at DMV offices.

NC doesn't have any cooling standards, which are local or state laws that require landlords to provide AC during the summer.

North Carolina Republicans were vying to be the first state in the nation to enroll in a Trump-supported tax credit for school choice scholarships.

North Carolina's so-called Medicaid "rebase" comes up more than $300 million short of what state health officials say they need.

Officials from the Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina and N.C. Emergency Management were speaking in front of a legislative hurricane recovery committee.

State lawmakers are trying to address long lines at the Division of Motor Vehicles by making it easier to renew driver's licenses online.

Rep. Nasif Majeed, a Mecklenburg County Democrat, cast the deciding vote to override Stein's veto. The bill originally started as an effort to help people get pornographic material removed, but the Senate added a number of policies regulating trans people.

State House and Senate leaders still haven’t reached an agreement on a budget for the fiscal year that started this month, but on Tuesday they introduced a “mini-budget” bill to fund urgent needs like teacher pay and Medicaid coverage.