Statewide

Travis Fain, WRAL — Stress is high in North Carolina prisons, with a functional vacancy rate above 30 percent in facilities across the state. It’s a chronic problem made worse by …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — State senators on Wednesday approved harsher penalties for people who take part in riots. House Bill 805 is similar to other anti-riot laws passed around the country …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — The North Carolina House approved a package of policing reforms Wednesday, including a new duty for officers to report excessive force and new databases – none …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL — The state Senate approved a series of changes to North Carolina election laws on Wednesday, including moving up the deadline for mailed absentee ballots to be …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — A divided U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that North Carolina’s top Republican lawmakers won’t get to defend the state’s voter ID law when …
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Brian Murphy and Will Doran, News & Observer – Some North Carolina lawmakers never want to change their clocks again. Several state lawmakers and at least one member of Congress …
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Steve Harrison, WFAE – North Carolina was home to some of the most bitter fights over voting last decade. But while states like Georgia and Arizona are now considering bills …
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Bryan Anderson, AP – Top North Carolina education officials on Thursday called for all of the state’s 115 school districts to make available at least partial in-person instruction …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – A new $100 million Agricultural Sciences Center on Reedy Creek Road in Raleigh would bear long-time Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler’s name under legislation that easily …
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WSOC – The federal government authorized the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine and more than 80,000 doses are expected to arrive in the state this week, beginning on …
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