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GOP Super PAC Drops Its Remaining North Carolina Senate Ads After Spending More Than $30 Million for Whatley, Starts a Kansas Buy
The Senate Leadership Fund pledged $71 million to the race earlier this year. It is stopping the unspent part and moving some money to help Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas. Polls show Republican Michael Whatley trailing Democrat Roy Cooper for North Carolina's open Senate seat.
North Carolina Reports 867 Cyclosporiasis Cases and 33 Hospitalizations Since May 1; State Says Source Not Yet Identified
NCDHHS says most cases are in Wake County and that its investigation is separate from the national Taco Bell lettuce outbreak, even as the FDA added North Carolina to that multistate count on August 5.
North Carolina Elections Board to Decide Early Voting Plans for 20 Counties on Aug. 20 After Local Boards Split
State officials approved plans for 80 counties that agreed unanimously; 20 divided counties, most of them arguing over Sunday hours, now go to the state board.
At Least Five Tornadoes Reported in Central North Carolina as Isaias Remnants Bring Mountain Flooding; Peak Outages Topped 22,000
Weather Service teams are surveying the tornado paths from Fayetteville to Louisburg. In the mountains, heavy rain caused landslides and several water rescues, including two people and a dog caught by the rising Catawba River in Burke County.
Stein Signs House Bill 3, Suspending North Carolina's 41-Cent Gas Tax From Oct. 10 Through Nov. 30
Lawmakers passed the bill 111-1 and 41-0 in a one-day special session. Fiscal staff say it is the first suspension of the state's motor fuels tax. It will cost an estimated $362.3 million, paid from a state reserve fund.
North Carolina Legislature Sends Two-Year, $34.4 Billion Budget to Gov. Stein After a Year-Plus Impasse
The Republican-led General Assembly gave final approval to a spending plan with income-tax cuts and pay raises; Gov. Josh Stein has 10 days to sign it, veto it, or let it become law.
AG Jackson Calls Duke Energy's Data Center Tariff Deal a 'Massive Step Forward'; He and Gov. Stein Both Ask for Changes Before Regulators Rule
Duke's proposed settlement with state consumer staff and large customers such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and the Defense Department sets a 75% minimum bill for big new power users, and the N.C. Utilities Commission must still approve it.
Acting CMS Superintendent Melissa Balknight Says Appointment 'Caught Off Guard' as Board Votes 6-2 to Start Search
Balknight, who had planned to retire in January, gave her first interview on Sept. 29. That is the same day the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board approved a committee to find a permanent replacement for fired Superintendent Crystal Hill.
Weather Service Issues Coastal Flood Advisory for Downtown Wilmington for Sixth Straight Day, Covering 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday
The National Weather Service forecast up to half a foot of water along the lower Cape Fear River on Sept. 30, 2026. Wilmington has been under advisories every day since Sept. 25, before and after a nor'easter hit the East Coast.
North Carolina's Aug. 27 Drought Map Lifts Dry Designations in Parts of Onslow and Jones Counties While Most of the State Stays in Drought
State environmental officials say recent rain helped a few areas, but part of Brunswick County remains in the map's most severe category and conditions worsened in parts of Edgecombe and Halifax counties.
North Carolina Gov. Stein Signs $34 Billion State Budget Without Vetoing It
The budget cuts the personal income tax rate to 3.49%, raises teacher and state-worker pay, and became law after bipartisan majorities gave it veto-proof support.
Central North Carolina Drought Hits 'Exceptional' as Record-Breaking Heat Wave Strains Health Systems and Duke Energy Runs Plants Past Pollution Limits Under Federal Order
Record-breaking heat pushed Durham into the U.S. Drought Monitor's most severe category, drove a rise in heat-related illness, and prompted federal emergency orders letting Duke Energy exceed environmental permit limits to keep the grid running.