During Thursday's general assembly session, three state senators introduced SB 94 with a short, direct title: Repeal Death ...

In 2018, lightning struck Dolores Hewitt’s front porch in downtown Wilmington, in the midst of Hurricane Florence. The roof ...

Faster highway speed limits, and stricter rules for driving under the influence, are the focus of two North Carolina bills ...

Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...

Legal experts say there are potential criminal and civil ramifications in the aftermath of a disturbing case where more than ...

Jeanette Wallace Hyde, a longtime activist and fundraiser in North Carolina and national Democratic politics died Monday at ...

Republicans have been trying to regain control of the state elections apparatus for years. With state Auditor Dave Boliek, they have a shot.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says more recent laws enacted by state Republicans that erode some gubernatorial appointment powers are "partisan power grabs that thwart North Carolina voters' ...

Lou Leon Guerrero’s plan to return the Ypao Point property to its original landowners, and tabled a scheduled executive session to discuss the governor’s nomination of Roy Gamboa as the new ...

Stein and predecessor Gov. Roy Cooper already filed lawsuits against other power-shifting provisions approved in December.

Democrats face “few opportunities" to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, a top non-partisan political handicapper predicts.

Both Democrats and Republicans in the North Carolina state House support raising the benefits paid out to unemployed workers ...