Josh Stein

A federal appeals court has blocked a local North Carolina district attorney from prosecuting state Attorney General Josh Stein or anyone else for his 2020 campaign ad through a criminal libel law.

The Wake County grand jury asked the Wake district attorney on Monday to submit an indictment for consideration “against any and each” of the named members on the “presentment” document. No charges have been filed in the case.

The Biden Administration is looking to update a century-old federal law that would affect North Carolina's poultry industry.

Attorney General Josh Stein was responding to Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore, who called on Stein and the state Justice Department to “take all necessary legal action” to lift an injunction from a 2019 federal court ruling that blocked the state ban.

North Carolina's Josh Stein has joined a bipartisan group of 14 state attorneys general who want Congress to act on computer chip manufacturing.

North Carolina's Democratic attorney general has not yet indicated whether he will ask a court to lift the injunction on a state law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

About 85% of the funds will go to all 100 counties and 17 cities and towns. Local governments have flexibility on how they can spend that money.

The N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network requested the calendars of the state’s top leaders. That included members of the Council of State — the 10 statewide elected executive officials — and each of the cabinet secretaries who run state agencies in Cooper’s administration.

The North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Tuesday that he is suing the founders of the e-cigarette maker over his concerns that their product is being marketed to children through kid-friendly flavors and poor age verification.