Wednesday’s briefs cover State Health Plan negotiations, North Carolina’s cyclosporiasis investigation and the first established yellow-legged hornet presence in the state.
Fifty attorneys general are asking federal regulators to require stronger customer screening and monitoring by voice-service providers.
North Carolina counties reported $8.4 million in costs for 2025 municipal elections, with personnel accounting for about $5.1 million.
North Carolina is booming. People are moving here by the tens of thousands, drawn by jobs, weather, and the promise of more opportunity from the mountains to the coast. That growth is a gift, but only if our housing market can keep pace with it. Lawmakers have an obligation to ensure it does.
A 51-page conference report advancing in the Senate would revise state spending and administrative provisions across several departments.
A unanimously approved Senate bill would extend the deadline for correcting certain absentee-ballot problems from three to five business days after an election.
The Senate approved an amended election bill that would change early-voting periods, institute recurring county election audits and increase campaign-finance reporting thresholds.
As a former Republican state lawmaker, I am in favor of closing tax loopholes that benefit big corporations rather than ordinary working people. Even more so, we should eliminate tax loopholes that give an unfair advantage to foreign conglomerates over American businesses.
RALEIGH — A broad election-law bill affecting ballot counting, provisional voting, voter registration and campaign-finance procedures is scheduled for consideration by two North Carolina Senate committees Tuesday.
A vetoed North Carolina bill addressing public camping and drug offenses near homeless-service facilities has been placed on the state House calendar for Aug. 4.
