Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency in response to the ongoing wildfires in Western North Carolina and the continued drought conditions throughout the state.
It goes without saying that North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for president will, as usual, be heavily contested next year by the two major-party nominees, who are presumed to be Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. issued the following statement after voting in favor of a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) for anti-Semitic comments:
Now more than ever before, clean energy is powering homes and businesses across North Carolina. Recognizing this, Governor Roy Cooper recently issued a proclamation celebrating September 25-29, 2023, as Clean Energy Week in the state of North Carolina.
House Democrats held a press conference to discuss the lowlights of the 2023 Legislative Session. Republican leaders have enacted policies that coalesce more power into their own hands at the expense of the Executive and Judicial Branches, and most importantly, at the expense of North Carolina’s citizens.
Governor Cooper's spokesman Jordan Monaghan issued the following comment on the three judge panel's ruling in Wake County on the General Assembly's unconstitutional seizure of appointments to executive branch boards and commissions:
This week North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, visited the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson will run for N.C. Attorney General, he announced in a statement Thursday morning.
Imagine putting a mother in jail because authorities determined that, over the course of her pregnancy, she should have exercised more, drank less coffee and taken more prenatal vitamins.
The state Supreme Court has granted a discretionary review of North Carolina’s long-running school funding case to address whether the trial court lacked “subject matter jurisdiction” when it ordered the state to spend an additional $677 million on a sweeping school improvement plan.
"Once again, this General Assembly has enacted maps that racially gerrymander North Carolinians in an effort to ensure a predetermined outcome: large majorities for Republicans in both chambers and an outsized share of the Congressional delegation in a purple state. Real leadership for North Carolina would be showing restraint, allowing for competitive elections and a contest of ideas instead of one-party rule."
Raleigh, N.C. - The state’s seasonally adjusted September 2023 unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point from August’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent.
