On January 1, several new laws went into effect in North Carolina. Another notable law, Senate Bill 452, raises the minimum liability insurance requirements for drivers in North Carolina from $30,000 ...

CNN’s political analyst Maggie Haberman said President-elect Trump’s hush money sentencing could end in a public fallout over ...

Under SB 527, liquor that's sold for at least $50,000 will be exempt from the 30% excise tax. Cooper signed the bill into law ...

By Carolina Journal Staff North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Source: X account of Gov. Cooper.

Barring court intervention, Republicans will likely take control of all of North Carolina’s state and local election boards ...

Senate Bill 382 includes providing affordable housing funding to various towns North Carolina, including Beulaville and ...

Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein — the latter of whom will take over from Cooper as governor on Jan. 1 — sued ...

North Carolina Democrats called a GOP-backed law shifting election board control to a Republican auditor unconstitutional in a lawsuit to block it.

Stein and Cooper argue that Republicans’ changes violate the separation of powers established in the North Carolina ...

I am appalled at the secretive actions of the N.C. Republican legislators who once again shield themselves in closed door actions, drafting a major, policy changing bill without debate, discussion or ...

But a full restoration of our zoning authority? Less confident.” In an interview for an earlier Voice story about SB 382, Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said he believed either a “stand ...