N.C.
North Carolina Joins 24-State Lawsuit Challenging New Election and Immigration Conditions on FEMA Homeland Security Grants
Attorney General Jeff Jackson signed onto a suit filed July 23 in Rhode Island federal court arguing DHS and FEMA cannot tie counterterrorism and disaster-preparedness money to changes in state election systems; DHS says the conditions protect election security.
NCDOT Offers Up to $300 Million in Community Benefits to Revive I-77 South Toll Lane Project
State transportation officials have proposed greenways, a highway cap and two community-owned grocery stores on Charlotte's west side, as a regional board faces an October deadline to reverse its rejection of the $4.3 billion express lanes plan.
North Carolina Governor Opposes Reported ICE Plan to Reopen Winton Prison as 1,400-Bed Detention Center
News reports based on internal ICE documents say the shuttered, GEO Group-owned Rivers Correctional Institution would reopen this fall as North Carolina's first dedicated federal immigration detention center; Gov. Josh Stein says he opposes it, and the Department of Homeland Security has not confirmed the plan.
North Carolina Supreme Court Sets September Arguments on Whether the Attorney General Can Sue Chemours and DuPont Over PFAS
The state's highest court will hear arguments Sept. 15 on whether Attorney General Jeff Jackson has legal authority to pursue his own contamination lawsuit over the Fayetteville Works plant, after the legislature repealed the statute the case was built on.
Duke Energy Signs Federal Ratepayer Pledge as N.C. Officials Press for Binding Data-Center Rules
Duke Energy joined a voluntary White House pledge on data-center power costs and agreed in a rate-case settlement to propose new rules for very large electricity users, while Gov. Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson push state regulators to make the commitments enforceable.
N.C. Elections Board Adopts New Absentee Ballot Rules on 3-2 Party-Line Votes
The Republican-majority State Board of Elections approved rules shifting the job of fixing mail-ballot errors from county staff to voters; a Republican-appointed commission must still sign off before the November midterms.
North Carolina Supreme Court Weighs Second Amendment Challenge to State's Felony Firearms Act
In State v. Ducker, the state's highest court is considering whether North Carolina's lifetime gun ban for people with felony records can be applied to someone whose underlying conviction was nonviolent.
Remnant Moisture From Tropical Storm Bertha Brings Flash Flooding and Power Outages to Central and Eastern North Carolina
Heavy rain tied to Bertha's moisture plume closed roads and cut power in parts of North Carolina on July 22-23, 2026, weeks before state regulators rule on Duke Energy's pending rate increase.
ICE Plans 1,400-Bed Detention Center at Closed Rivers Prison in Hertford County, N.C.
Internal documents describe a plan to reopen the shuttered Rivers Correctional Institution as an ICE detention site by year's end; ICE says it has no new facilities to announce, and Gov. Josh Stein says he opposes it.
NC Governor and Attorney General Ask Regulators to Make Duke Energy's Data-Center Cost Pledge Enforceable
North Carolina officials want a voluntary federal promise, that data-center power costs will not land on households, written into binding utility rates.