Gov. Josh Stein made an urgent plea to the General Assembly Thursday afternoon to put aside their political disputes and fully fund the Medicaid base as the deadline to do so quickly approaches.
As state lawmakers grow more comfortable with not reaching a budget deal, their competing proposals could become less and less serious.
Long before the release of a video graphically depicting Iryna Zarutska being stabbed to death on a Charlotte train, state and local leaders should have publicly mourned her death and expressed outrage at so appalling a crime. Now they’re paying the price. Every homicide is a tragedy. Every innocent victim deserves our sympathy. But within...
On Friday, Governor Josh Stein’s office announced a new round of appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina.
State Treasurer Brad Briner and Republican legislative leaders oppose Gov. Josh Stein’s proposal to pause a court dispute involving state judicial and utilities appointments. Documents filed Wednesday urged the North Carolina Court of Appeals to reject Stein’s request.
State Auditor Dave Boliek and Republican legislative leaders defended in new court filings the state law that shifted control of North Carolina’s elections board appointments to Boliek’s office. A dispute pitting the Republican Boliek and top lawmakers against Democratic Gov. Josh Stein sits now in the state Court of Appeals.
Earlier this week, Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order to create a Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force, continue the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), and reestablish the Community Violence Advisory Board within the OVP.
A handful of Democratic legislators have agreed to stand by their initial votes to override the new governor's vetoes.
Gov. Josh Stein told Council of State members at their meeting on Tuesday that he will be signing the General Assembly’s “mini budget,” but not before he admonished legislators for not passing a full budget.
Three Republican members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued the April order that blocked a lower court ruling favoring Democratic Gov. Josh Stein in a dispute over state elections board appointments. Appeals Court rules blocked release of the names of participating judges for 90 days. Now the court has revealed that Judges Julee Flood, Michael Stading, and Tom Murry issued the April 30 order.
Gov. Josh Stein is appealing a court ruling upholding the General Assembly’s decision to take away one of his appointments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Stein’s lawyers filed the notice of appeal Wednesday.
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