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Travis Fain, WRAL – Most people on unemployment last year didn’t have state income taxes taken out, potentially leaving them with a bill when those taxes come due in May.

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Veronica Wernicke, The Seahawk – The North Carolina Senate filed a bill that would exempt feminine hygiene products from sales tax. Senate Bill 614, filed on April 7, would make …
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Dan Kane, News & Observer – A private-equity management company has been quietly reaching out to communities across North Carolina offering tens of millions of dollars to manage their utilities …
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T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday he’s signing into law bills that will require school districts to use a phonics-based approach …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – Tens of thousands of state employees in the North Carolina legislature could be impacted by several bills being considered this legislative session. The …
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Virginia Bridges, News & Observer – A North Carolina bill allowing courts to temporarily seize firearms from people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others was filed Thursday, …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – A new glitch at the state unemployment office is frustrating jobless workers, mistakenly explaining why they don’t qualify for benefits, sometimes after weeks of back and …
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AP – U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday he has undergone surgery for prostate cancer and looks forward to returning to his Senate duties soon. A statement from the office …
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Lucille Sherman, News & Observer – Law enforcement agencies would be banned from providing jail mugshots to some companies under a bill sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans in the North …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, News & Observer – For more than a century, everyone who approached North Carolina’s historic Capitol building on Hillsborough Street was met first by a Confederate soldier …
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