As state lawmakers consider new regulations for CBD and hemp products, House Majority Leader John Bell has become the president of a start-up company manufacturing those products.

Counties were inconsistent in handling voter ID issues during 2023 elections for cities and towns, a report from nonprofit Democracy NC says.

North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is leading the race for the Republican nomination for governor, but a government watchdog says the public still needs answers to lingering questions about his 2020 campaign.

The lawsuit in state court says current Congressional and state legislative maps endanger voters' constitutional right to free and fair elections.

The two leading candidates for governor have raised millions of dollars more than their opponents leading up to the March 5 primary.

North Carolina election officials are trying to fine-tune how they verify the addresses of voters who register and cast their ballots on the same day.

North Carolina is facing an affordable housing crisis, and it’s become an issue in the race for governor. One Republican candidate is proposing a tax credit for first-time homebuyers.

A judge has refused to block the use of two North Carolina Senate districts drawn by Republican legislators starting with the 2024 elections and to order them replaced with different boundaries.

North Carolina is developing a new flood data program that will help guide future infrastructure projects. A legislative oversight committee got an update Tuesday about the Flood Resiliency Blueprint.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he's going to use his final year on the job to build a coalition to prod the Republican-led General Assembly to improve public schools. Cooper made the education announcement Tuesday at the Nash County elementary school he attended as a boy. He used the occasion to formally proclaim 2024 as "The Year of Public Schools."