RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers return this week with committee meetings scheduled on workplace violence, public workforce policy, digital assets and youth technology use, while state agencies continue to release updates on flood resilience, public health and agriculture programs.
RALEIGH — The State Board of Community Colleges highlighted early results from an inclusive workforce training program and reviewed economic projections for Propel NC, the system’s proposed funding model, as lawmakers continue short-session budget work.
RALEIGH — A North Carolina Senate committee is scheduled to discuss a bill Tuesday that would regulate social media access for minors while requiring public schools to adopt policies and training around artificial intelligence.
RALEIGH — Five vetoed bills dealing with diversity programs, gun laws and immigration enforcement remain listed on the North Carolina House calendar as lawmakers return to Raleigh.
RALEIGH — A new House bill would reestablish the North Carolina State Board of Elections as an independent state agency and return appointment authority for the board from the state auditor to the governor.
RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to return next week with committee meetings that could move bills on workplace violence, digital assets, disabled veterans tax relief, transportation oversight and court-related agency requests.
RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order Wednesday barring state employees from using nonpublic information gained through their work to participate in prediction markets for personal financial benefit.
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s community colleges have relatively few long-term job vacancies compared with the size of their workforce, according to a new report from the Office of the State Auditor.
RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein said Thursday that North Carolina’s housing shortage is tied not only to land use and development policy, but also to whether the state can train enough workers to build the homes it needs.
RALEIGH — A North Carolina House bill would ask voters in 2026 whether to amend the state constitution to declare that human life begins at fertilization and is entitled to legal protection from fertilization until natural death.
