RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Five new judges have been officially installed to sit on the bench at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Thursday's online investiture ceremony included live...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Veteran western North Carolina Republican legislators have filled chairmanship vacancies on the Senate's two most influential policy committees, chamber leader Phil Berger...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders said on Thursday they've found a solution to address the potential loss of $30 million in federal...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger's next chief of staff will be his top legal adviser for the past two years.

The Republican announced on Friday that Brian Fork...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The chief of staff for North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger is stepping down to take a position within the University of North Carolina system.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pet food manufacturer is taking over the former MillerCoors plant in Eden and pledging to create 300 jobs, the N.C. Department of Commerce said Wednesday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's elections board won't try to stop enforcement of a court ruling that would allow more convicted felons to vote this fall, state Attorney General Josh Stein...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Wednesday that he's preparing to accept for the state extended unemployment benefits that President Donald Trump directed in an...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators can no longer spend campaign committee dollars toward buying or renting homes or condos that they or family members own -- a practice that powerful...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders asked Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday to get on board with extending unemployment benefits for workers displaced by the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A banking executive was appointed on Friday to the North Carolina Senate, succeeding the retired Sen. Jerry Tillman.

Gov. Roy Cooper formally named Dave Craven to fill...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People trying to enter the two buildings operated by the North Carolina General Assembly will get their temperatures checked again after the COVID-19 protocol was discontinued...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Senate Republicans unveiled spending priorities on Tuesday for the coming fiscal year, labeling what they consider their must-haves despite plummeting...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — One of North Carolina's most powerful Republican elected officials has called on Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to give county governments the ability to reopen barbershops and...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a pair of bills on Monday which will provide a $1.6 billion infusion for schools, hospitals, local governments and researchers battling the coronavirus...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's legislative complex will be off limits to the general public for three weeks while lawmakers attempt to conduct business as the annual session begins later...

RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly postponed on Thursday government oversight committee meetings and cancelled student tours for at least three weeks as precautionary measures...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The majority leader of the North Carolina State Senate says he will not seek re-election.

A letter from Senate Leader Phil Berger’s office on Wednesday says Onslow...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has ended its brief return visit to Raleigh.

The Senate and House adjourned on Friday, two days after reconvening. The Senate...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A powerful North Carolina legislator has been spending campaign money toward leasing a house he and his wife own in Raleigh, but state election officials have told Senate...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators offered fresh carrots Wednesday for Democrats to join them in ending a four-month budget stalemate through even higher raises for public...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state lawmakers are spending tens of thousands of dollars on private investigators examining a 2018 agreement between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and utilities...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators and Democrats led by Gov. Roy Cooper tried on Tuesday to bring renewed energy toward resolving a summer budget stalemate that's drifted...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have scheduled redistricting committee meetings following a ruling by state trial judges that struck down House and Senate maps...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has sent four state employee and law enforcement pay bills to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill on Friday designed to clean up a North Carolina student reading comprehension program championed for years by Senate leader Phil...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican proposal to give millions of North Carolina taxpayers refunds from a larger-than-anticipated revenue surplus is advancing in the state Senate.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday pitched broad refunds to everyone who pays state income tax, a proposal that would transfer most of last year's large revenue surplus...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lawsuit challenging the new way of electing District Court judges in North Carolina's largest county says the law divides the county into two predominant racial groups and...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's leading Republican legislators visited a public university to highlight millions of dollars in funding for campus construction and programs in their...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to provisions aimed at improving a public school literacy program that's yet to meet expectations.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Struggling North Carolina rural hospitals could get taxpayer-funded loans to help them stay open while they downsize or reshape services in legislation getting bipartisan...