The North Carolina General Assembly is considering two very different approaches to the issue of money and the courts. House Bill 315 would ban litigation financing in its entirety. House Bill 925, the Consumers in Crisis Protection Act, would instead regulate consumer legal funding with strong safeguards for families and businesses.
RALEIGH — Over the first six months of the Trump administration, the United States has experienced a dramatic decline in illegal border crossings. In June, reported the Department of Homeland Security, there were just 25,243 apprehensions or expulsions — the lowest such number in reported history.
(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein held the first NC Strong Update, updating the public on the progress the state has made to lead in artificial intelligence (AI), create jobs, achieve educational excellence in public schools, and ensure preparedness before natural disasters strike.
(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein announced an Executive Order on artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure North Carolina’s leadership in AI literacy, governance, and deployment. The executive order establishes an AI Leadership Council, an AI Accelerator within the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT), and AI Oversight Teams within each state agency. The council will be chaired by Secretary of Information Technology Teena Piccione and Secretary of Commerce Lee Lilley.
Growing up, there was a period when my family relied on food stamps to survive. At the time I admittedly felt some embarrassment about that fact, yet I found a way to use the foundation provided by that public assistance to achieve several important goals in life.
RALEIGH — I am not much of a weeper. But a recent survey of American schoolchildren is testing my stoic disposition. Only 36% of 13-year-olds say they read for fun at least once a week. Back in 1984, the year I graduated high school, 70% did so.
(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein announced appointments to boards and commissions.
(RALEIGH) Renew NC, North Carolina’s long-term disaster recovery effort, today finished making storm-related repairs to the first home approved for assistance through the Renew NC Single-Family Housing Program (SFHP). Renew NC is funded by a federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson took two actions this week to protect children from deepfake pornography and AI chatbots that engage in inappropriate conduct with underage users. Protecting children online is a major priority for Attorney General Jackson.
RALEIGH — Since the federal reconciliation bill was signed into law last month, fans and foes of the sprawling legislation have waged a war of words over its likely fiscal and economic effects. Some argue its permanent repairs to a broken business-tax code will boost capital investment, productivity, and wage growth. Others argue that adding trillions of dollars to federal deficits over the next decade is grossly irresponsible, risking stagflation or worse.
“As North Carolina’s Commissioner of Labor, my job is to execute the law — not make it and not stretch it. The General Assembly writes our statutes, the courts interpret them, and, as a member of the executive branch, we carry them out. I welcome the Supreme Court’s decision in Savage v. NCDOT as clear affirmation that state agencies are not to invent new meanings beyond the plain text of the law.
(RALEIGH) Governor Josh Stein released the following statement on lifting the Hurricane Erin State of Emergency:
