RALEIGH — North Carolina is expected to receive nearly $150 million from a national opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Friday.
As a former city councilor in Fayetteville, I know keeping communities safe never really ends. There is always work to be done, legislation to improve, and new concerns to address. Over the past several years, one of those threats has been the spread of intoxicating hemp products sold at gas stations and convenience stores in candy-like packaging with no age requirements for purchase.
The North Carolina legislature has agreed to shore up the state’s Medicaid program with a $319 million infusion, but disagreements between Republicans in the House and Senate on the rest of the state budget remain unresolved.
Gov. Josh Stein announced Thursday that the U.S. Navy and the N.C. Global TransPark in Kinston have signed a 10-year agreement that the state says will bring more than 400 jobs to eastern North Carolina and anchor future aircraft maintenance and overhaul work at the site. The agreement marks a significant milestone for a project that has drawn major state investment and long-running economic expectations in the region.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai appeared before a House oversight committee Thursday as Republican lawmakers pressed state officials over fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicaid program and questioned whether existing safeguards are keeping pace with the program’s size and cost. The hearing put one of the state’s largest spending areas under a sharper political spotlight as lawmakers weigh broader budget demands and oversight priorities.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Thursday to move forward with a statewide citizenship verification process that will check all registered voters against a federal database to identify possible non-U.S. citizens on the rolls. The action sets up a new layer of voter list maintenance ahead of the 2026 election cycle and comes as election officials and lawmakers continue to face pressure over voter eligibility and public confidence in election administration.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is urging the state Supreme Court to review a case involving a counterfeit vape battery that exploded and seriously injured a consumer. His office argues the current ruling could make it harder for North Carolinians to hold sellers accountable for dangerous products.
North Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8% in January 2026, unchanged from December’s revised rate, according to figures released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Commerce. The national unemployment rate decreased to 4.3%.
The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor has released its 2025 statewide single audit, reporting 19 findings and $342,093 in questioned costs in its review of $28 billion in federal grants spent by North Carolina entities during fiscal year 2025. The audit says the state spent $43.9 billion in federal awards overall for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, with Medicaid accounting for more than half of that total.
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Friday that he is challenging a presidential executive order on mail-in voting, arguing the order could interfere with how states administer elections and put some absentee ballots at risk. In the release, Jackson said the order could affect hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who vote by mail, including active-duty military members and voters casting ballots after disasters.
State Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg) starts the legislative session this month as a lame duck who is ticked off at Gov. Josh Stein for endorsing one of her primary opponents.
There were undoubtedly several factors that contributed to the stunning defeat of North Carolina’s most powerful politician, longtime Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, in the recent Republican primary.
