The next state senator representing Caswell, Orange, and Person counties will be Jonah Garson, a top North Carolina Democratic Party official, following Sen. Graig Meyer’s departure to lead the North Carolina Justice Center.
As a North Carolinian who cares deeply about the well-being of our families and children, I was encouraged to see the App Store Accountability Act advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee this month. This common-sense legislation represents an important step toward giving parents more control over their kids’ digital lives.
State lawmakers should focus on fixing existing state programs to provide property tax relief for seniors and disabled homeowners, says Hudson Vaughan, director of the Community Justice Collaborative at the N.C. Housing Coalition.
The decision was the second Thursday from the Middle District of North Carolina backing the General Assembly’s controversial election security measures.
Observers say there’s no precedent in living memory for the upcoming short session.
As a turkey and hog farmer in Sampson County and the proud husband of Tara, who owns and operates our local independent pharmacy, I see firsthand the challenges our rural communities face every day. For too many families across North Carolina, the rising cost of prescription drugs is not just a line item on a budget—it's the difference between putting food on the table or filling a life-saving prescription. That's why the latest report from the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance (PRA), "The State of U.S. Drug Pricing: Unaffordable," hits home for me and countless others in our state.
A state commission created to modernize North Carolina’s election data systems is now laying out what a replacement for the state’s aging campaign finance reporting process should look like, an early step in what could become a broader transparency and compliance overhaul. (nc auditor )
North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger has conceded his Republican primary loss to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, ending one of the most consequential election fights of the 2026 cycle and setting up a coming leadership shift in the General Assembly. Berger acknowledged the result Tuesday after a partial hand recount found no change in the vote totals and Page’s 23-vote lead held.
North Carolina economists are projecting a modest surplus for the current fiscal year, but the state’s new consensus revenue forecast also points to a sharper budget squeeze ahead as automatic tax cuts continue to reduce future collections.
North Carolina officials say FEMA has now agreed to comply with a court order requiring the agency to restore the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, reopening a path for roughly $200 million in North Carolina disaster-mitigation projects that have been tied up in court.
The federal government appears poised to restart a disaster-mitigation program that many North Carolina communities rely on to prepare for extreme weather.
With Sheriff Sam Page holding a 23-vote lead in the Republican primary for N.C. Senate District 26, Sen. Phil Berger is seeking a second recount. A machine recount ended without changing Page’s advantage, and state law allows Berger to request a hand-to-eye recount of randomly selected precincts because the margin remains under 1%.
