Labcorp settlement brings $100,427 to NC, requires stronger vendor security
A multistate agreement requires stronger oversight of companies handling Labcorp patient information and includes a payment to North Carolina.
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NC Political News Daily Briefs
Today’s briefs cover AI oversight proposals, generic-drug restitution and public comment on flood resilience plans.
North Carolina public-workforce overhaul takes effect Oct. 1
North Carolina's new public-workforce law takes effect Oct. 1, beginning changes to state hiring, leave, compensation, grievances and agency authority.
Outside groups report $551,425 in new North Carolina 1st District spending
WASHINGTON - Federal election records show outside groups disclosed $551,425 in independent expenditures tied to North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in a group of filings highlighted Thursday, adding to national attention on the race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis and Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout.
Earls, Stevens outline opposing views in North Carolina Supreme Court race
RALEIGH - North Carolina Supreme Court candidates Anita Earls and Sarah Stevens are presenting sharply different views of precedent, legislative power and judicial recusals ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Common Cause poll shows Cooper leading Whatley by 10 points
RALEIGH - A new Opinion Diagnostics poll commissioned by Common Cause North Carolina shows Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 10 percentage points in the state's U.S. Senate race.
FactCheck.org says GOP ad misstates Cooper’s role in rape-kit backlog
RALEIGH - FactCheck.org says a Republican super PAC ad in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race gives a misleading account of a backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits during Roy Cooper's time as attorney general.
North Carolina elections chief welcomes Supreme Court ruling allowing SAVE database use
RALEIGH - North Carolina’s top election official said Friday the state plans to use a federal citizenship-verification database for voter-list maintenance after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions that had blocked the expanded system.
What North Carolina’s three 2026 constitutional amendments would change
RALEIGH - North Carolina voters will decide three proposed constitutional amendments Nov. 3 covering voter identification, the state income-tax ceiling and limits on local property-tax increases.
HPU poll shows Democratic edge on North Carolina U.S. House generic ballot
HIGH POINT - A High Point University poll finds Democrats leading Republicans 48%-44% on a statewide generic U.S. House ballot among likely North Carolina voters.
HPU poll shows Democratic edge on North Carolina legislative generic ballots
HIGH POINT - A new High Point University poll puts Democrats ahead on generic ballots for both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly among likely voters.
HPU poll finds two-point spread in North Carolina Supreme Court race
RALEIGH - A new High Point University poll shows Democrat Anita Earls at 46% and Republican Sarah Stevens at 44% among likely voters in North Carolina’s 2026 Supreme Court race.