Colin Campbell
Capitol Bureau ChiefColin Campbell has covered North Carolina politics and state government since 2014, starting as a reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh. He later led the NC Insider state government news service before moving to Business North Carolina magazine to launch its daily political newsletter, the North Carolina Tribune.
Prior to entering the wild world of state politics, Colin covered Raleigh city government and Johnston County for the N&O. He's a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's journalism school who started his media career at age 14, working as a news reader, classical music host and alternative rock DJ for Charlottesville, Va., radio stations WNRN and WTJU.
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North Carolina’s legislature passed more than $1 billion with two Helene recovery funding bills in October, but by mid-February, about two-thirds of that money still hadn’t been spent. -
State Budget Director Kristin Walker’s team of economists have run the numbers of various revenue scenarios – and she says all of them lead to a “fiscal cliff" where the state sees a major budget shortfall in the coming years. -
Hundreds of advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities visited the North Carolina legislature this week to lobby lawmakers to provide more funding for a program that has a years-long waiting list. -
The state Senate is voting this week to require more transparency around the cost of health care services, part of legislative attempts to make health care in North Carolina more affordable. -
Credit unions are seeking to expand into rural areas through legislation moving in the state House, a move they say would improve access to banking. -
Midway, North Carolina is a town that might be easy to miss, but it signifies a growing movement in the state - a community that incorporates to fend off annexation, and remain a low-tax, low-density town. -
Rep. Erin Paré, a co-chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has filed legislation to increase starting teacher pay to $50,000. -
After weeks of deliberations at the state legislature, another round of Helene recovery funding has been signed into law. -
State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. -
A state Senate committee voted Tuesday to eliminate a permit requirement for people who want to carry a concealed gun.
