For the first time in state history, registered Republicans now outnumber registered Democrats in North Carolina, according to the most recent voter registration snapshot based on data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
On March 13, the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor released its performance audit of NCInnovation (NCI), a state-backed private nonprofit created to help commercialize research from North Carolina universities.
In 2021, the General Assembly passed HB 951, a bipartisan energy bill prioritizing regulatory guardrails to protect grid reliability and least-cost generation planning while pursuing Gov. Roy Cooper’s politically favored carbon reduction goals.
Two weeks ago, the NC Department of Commerce released a report highlighting our state’s dramatic reduction in poverty rates over the decade spanning 2013-2023, registering one of the steepest declines in poverty across the country. It’s powerful news, indicating something profoundly positive about the economic landscape in the Tar Heel State.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin opposes a request to have that court bypass the state Court of Appeals in addressing Griffin's election dispute.
Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party have filed their fourth lawsuit against the State Board of Elections in the last three weeks. The latest suit challenges the elections board’s decision to allow University of North Carolina digital identification to be used as voter ID in the upcoming election.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed suit Friday to have his name removed from North Carolina’s election ballot. Kennedy went to court a day after the State Board of Elections voted 3-2 to reject his request to drop his name from the list of presidential candidates.
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina GOP are suing the State Board of Elections. Republicans claim state election officials are ignoring a 2023 state law requiring removal from the voting rolls of noncitizens identified through jury questionnaires.
Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to make a decision Thursday, December 28, 2023 about issuing a preliminary injunction.
A three-judge panel will hold a hearing Thursday morning in Raleigh in Gov. Roy Cooper’s challenge of a new state law changing state and county elections board appointments.
Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running education funding legal dispute are seeking Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal from the state Supreme Court’s pending hearing in the case. Critics object to Berger considering a case involving his father, the state Senate’s top officer.
Hog waste management in North Carolina has become a subject of increasing concern over the last two decades. Hog farming in North Carolina primarily utilizes the open-pit lagoon system for waste disposal, which has raised substantial environmental and public health worries. Concerns are focused mainly on the potential for lagoon overflows leading to the contamination of waterways and local communities, as happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
