General Assembly

A judge found that a provision of a recently enacted elections law passed by the GOP-majority North Carolina General Assembly would violate the constitutional rights of voters

The GOP-led North Carolina General Assembly just completed a run of public comment sessions on the drawing of new Congressional and state legislative district maps.

The UNC System's plans to keep tuition the same was met with concerns by some board members.

When asked to evaluate the chances that legislation allowing some combination of new gambling would reach Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's desk this summer within or separate from a budget agreement, Phil Berger replied: “I’d say better than 50-50."

WUNC's Jeff Tiberii and Dave DeWitt break down the biennial state budget

Details were likely to come Tuesday, with votes in each chamber expected later in the week.

Delay in finding DNA match in cold case points to difference that gathering DNA after more arrests could make.

School districts would have to submit their plans for virtual academies to the state board of education for approval, and could enroll no more than 15 percent of their total student population in a virtual program.

House Bill 144 is part of the larger Medicaid transformation that has been taking place, technically independent from a proposal to expand Medicaid.

The "Parents' Bill of Rights” legislation includes a provision that would prevent instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public school curriculum for kindergarten through third grade.