Outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper and his successor, Governor-elect Josh Stein, are seeking an injunction to block a new state law that would prevent Stein from appointing a new State Highway Patrol commander. Cooper and Stein filed paperwork Tuesday to stop the shift while their lawsuit proceeds against state legislative leaders.
North Carolina has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation. The emergence of electric vehicles diminishes the gas tax as a practical implementation of the user fee for road use. To close this loophole, many states have considered implementing a mileage-based user fee.
Outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper and Governor-elect Josh Stein are challenging North Carolina legislative leaders’ latest plan for shifting control of appointments to the State Board of Elections. Cooper and Stein filed court documents Monday to fight provisions of Senate Bill 382.
A British whistleblower has been fired over his alleged claims that VinFast vehicles can fall apart while driving, causing serious injuries or death, as in the case of a family of four from California that were killed earlier this year. The state of North Carolina is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the car maker's Chatham County manufacturing project.
Amgen, a biotechnology company, announced last week that it will invest $1 billion in expanding its manufacturing facility in Wake County’s Holly Springs. This project is a recipient of taxpayer-funded county incentives and a state Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG). “North Carolina’s reputation as one of the world’s leading centers for biotechnology soars even higher with...
The recent political dispute over Senate Bill 382 has worked its way into court filings in the Cooper v. Berger court case involving appointments to seven state boards and commissions. The North Carolina Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear the case in the coming months.
The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) is facing new questions after a report surfaced that it has ordered contractors to stop building new homes for Hurricanes Florence and Matthew victims and has stopped paying contractors already in the middle of construction projects.
Monday, Rep. Jarrod Lowery, R-Robeson, sent a letter to Governor-elect Josh Stein expressing concern about the appointment of Eastern Band of Cherokee (EBCI) Chief Michell Hicks to his administration. In press release Tuesday, Lowery pointed to similar concerns held by Gov. Roy Cooper’s Commission of Indian Affairs, expressed in a Dec. 6 letter sent by...
Among the goodbyes and farewells of over half of the North Carolina Council of State members, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall pointed out North Carolinians' dramatic cut in charitable giving this year. Gov. Roy Cooper also encouraged members to stay focused on western North Carolina Helene recovery, wherever their next post of service will be.
Tuesday’s Council of State (COS) meeting in Raleigh marked not only the end of the year but, for some, the end of Council members’ terms and, possibly, their political careers.
Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.
