The longest US government shutdown ended as the House passed a clean CR 222-209, signed by Trump. Six Democrats, including Rep. Don Davis, joined GOP.
Tourism spending in North Carolina exceeded $36 billion, up from the previous year's record.
North Carolina’s Semiquincentennial Committee advances plans for America’s 250th with exhibits, markers, partnerships, and statewide celebrations.
As the United States prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in 2026, North Carolina is taking steps to ensure the milestone is commemorated with purpose, education, and pride.
The US Department of Justice is no longer fighting North Carolina’s law banning gender transition surgeries for minors. A letter submitted Thursday in federal court indicated the Trump DOJ's reversal of the Biden administration’s decision to take part in a federal lawsuit challenging the ban.
The legal battle over appointments and oversight of North Carolina’s State Board of Elections would extend at least through late March, under a plan both sides in the dispute filed Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court.
In a sign of changing leadership in North Carolina government, a legal fight pitting the Democratic governor against top Republican legislative leaders has a new name. In a court filing Tuesday, a lawsuit challenging changes to oversight of the state elections board is no longer titled Cooper v. Berger. It’s now called Stein v. Hall.
The board of directors of NCInnovation (NCI), the private nonprofit given $500 million in taxpayer funds to help commercialize public university research, voted Thursday to select Wells Fargo as the investment manager for NCI from more than a dozen financial institutions who submitted bids.
According to a letter released by NC House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, sent to CEO of state funded NCInnovation (NCI), the organization has threatened legal action against a House staffer, and House leadership is quite upset about it. As previously reported by Carolina Journal, the board of directors of NCI — a private nonprofit given...
Governor-elect Josh Stein restated his case against North Carolina’s restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone in a new court filing this week. Stein is the lead defendant in a UNC Health doctor’s lawsuit challenging state restrictions. Stein and plaintiff Dr. Amy Bryant both want courts to throw state restrictions out.
One bill would require the president to direct FEMA to remove debris from real estate owned by homeowners’ associations and condominiums. It is the latest in a line of actions the NC congressional delegation is taking to push the fed to provide relief in western North Carolina.
