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Adam Wagner/NC NewsroomThe bill is meant to help families who want to adopt foster children maintain custody, establishes DHHS review in potential abuse and neglect cases involving children in foster care. -
Office of the State AuditorThe state's Republican auditor Dave Boliek will be empowered to use AI to recommend cuts for government efficiency.
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Competition for the two hunting permits would be steep. -
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. -
Leoneda Inge sits down with state treasurer Brad Briner to discuss his planned approach to the role. -
Roy Cooper is a fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. -
Rep. Erin Paré, a co-chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has filed legislation to increase starting teacher pay to $50,000. -
Attorneys for Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin appeared before a North Carolina Court of Appeals panel on Friday arguing to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in Griffin's race against Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs. -
The state Senate passed the Republican-sponsored bill along party lines. Democrats will try to prevent it from becoming law. -
New North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein wants Republicans in charge of the legislature to roll back upcoming income tax cuts and scale back private school vouchers that expanded dramatically recently. -
After weeks of deliberations at the state legislature, another round of Helene recovery funding has been signed into law. -
In Due South's latest edition of "Meet the Mayors," co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer about the logistical and political complexities of leading her city during a time of recovery and rebuilding.
