Governor Josh Stein joined State Budget Director Kristin Walker to announce his 2025-2027 budget proposal to keep North Carolina strong. The Governor’s budget makes key investments in the economy, families, education, workforce, health care, and public safety to help ensure every North Carolinian has a shot at a brighter future.
Raleigh, N.C. – Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) filed Senate Bill 320, “LEO Special Separation Allowance Options,” which enables veteran law enforcement officers to stay on the force without risking their special separation benefits.
RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced that Wendell Lewis Randall was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $2 million after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering.
Raleigh, N.C. – The chairs of the Senate Health Care Committee introduced two bills to bring down the cost of healthcare in the state and increase pricing transparency.
"This Session's focus on DEI is the same tired playbook we have seen year after year from Republican Leadership: Find a cultural issue that national Republicans are using to divide people and bring it to North Carolina,"
North Carolina has become a national leader in such policy areas as tax reform, school choice, and transportation funding. Unfortunately, we lag far behind in providing telehealth options to patients.
Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and former State Health Director Dr. Betsey Tilson were recognized for their exemplary accomplishments in public health with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Ron H. Levine Public Health Award at the annual North Carolina Public Health Leaders’ Conference on March 13.
House Speaker Destin Hall delivered a powerful live response to Governor Josh Stein’s State of the State address on Wednesday evening.
Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and former State Health Director Dr. Betsey Tilson were recognized for their exemplary accomplishments in public health with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Ron H. Levine Public Health Award at the annual North Carolina Public Health Leaders’ Conference on March 13.
Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, and the United States Department of Justice proposed an end to Google’s illegal monopoly over internet search engines and changes to restore competition to benefit consumers. North Carolina is one of the states leading the coalition of 38 other states that filed this lawsuit in 2020.
In 2021, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service finalized a rule, initiated in 2019 by an executive order from then-President Donald Trump, that required all hospitals in the United States to list their prices for 300 common services. According to the rule,
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.
Governor Josh Stein delivered his first State of the State Address, highlighting the ongoing work to recover in western North Carolina and urging the General Assembly to invest in economic opportunity, workforce development, families and children, public schools, and public safety.
The North Carolina Senate passed Senate Bill 227, “Eliminating ‘DEI’ in Public Education,” to prohibit promoting discriminatory policies and practices in public schools.
Four Republicans members of the North Carolina House of Representatives — Erin Paré and Mike Schietzelt of Wake County, Donny Lambeth of Forsyth County, and Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County — have just launched this year’s policy debate on teacher pay in our state.
Over the past year, hospitals, pharmacies, and patients have been the victims of devastating cyberattacks that have crippled the healthcare system. The wave of healthcare cyberattacks recently led NPR to refer to 2024 as the “year of health care hacks.”
Governor Josh Stein announced Boards and Commissions Appointments.
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) filed a bill to prioritize energy cost-saving measures and create a new cost-recovery framework to help keep energy more affordable for families and businesses
Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt was appointed Co-Chair of Governor Stein’s new Task Force on Child Care and Early Education. The task force was announced during a visit to Kate’s Korner Learning Center in Durham, where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor toured the center, met with providers, and sent time with children in a classroom
Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), along with Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Representatives Chuck Edwards (R-NC) and Don Davis (D-NC), led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, urging the department to quickly publish clear guidelines on administering disaster relief aid for farmers.
