2025 NC Legislature

Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, is the only state lawmaker who’s been in office since the early 1980s, but the former House speaker is no longer serving as Senate minority leader after his fellow Democrats backed Sen. Sydney Batch for that role instead.

The House passed a $455 million Helene relief bill. Senate Republicans say the state budget is a better place to consider additional storm recovery funds.

Republicans want a deeper relationship with ICE amid Trump administration's mass deportation push.

The state House is moving forward with new regulations for kratom. Lawmakers say the tropical plant with drug-like effects shouldn't be available to people under age 21.

The state Senate is expected to vote this week on new regulations for child care facilities. The proposal would allow larger class sizes, among other provisions aimed at increasing access to child care services.

North Carolina would save $50 million a year if the Powell Bill provision makes it into the final budget.

After years of overfishing, the commercial and recreational fishing industries will split the catch 50-50 in 2025.

Rep. Laura Budd, D-Mecklenburg, is one of the few Democrats who's sponsored bills that passed the House this year. She joined the WUNC Politics Podcast to talk about how she's developed relationships across the political divide and the legislation she's developed with GOP colleagues.

Republican lawmakers want to eliminate vacant jobs across state government this year. But some existing state employees would lose their jobs under the House and Senate budget bills.

The state Senate voted unanimously Thursday to create a new board of directors to manage the state's pension and other investments.