Democrats need four seats to retake the Senate majority, but Republicans are looking at uncertainty in some states.

Effective July 1, the Highway Patrol was moved out of the Department of Public Safety, which is a Stein Cabinet agency, and ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has decided not to appeal a trial court's decision to dismiss one of his legal challenges against state Republican legislative leaders.

House Bill 318 passed with all Republicans and one Democrat, Rep. Carla Cunningham of Charlotte, voting in favor. Assuming Cunningham votes for the bill again, as well as all Republicans, the House ...

Sen. Thom Tillis steps down, leaving the NC 2026 Senate race wide open. Experts anticipate a close, expensive battle for North Carolina’s key Senate seat.

Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement, announced just hours after he broke with President Donald Trump over his sweeping tax and spending cut plan, has upended North Carolina’s 2026 ...

Senate Bill 153, named the “North Carolina Border Protection Act,” directs state law enforcement agencies to enter into an agreement with ICE and designate law enforcement officers to perform ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state that spends less than what Democratic Gov. Josh Stein requested and goes heavy ...

North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state that spends less than what the new Democratic governor requested and doubles down on already enacted ...

The Senate budget eliminates some state agencies. They include the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, which began operating in 2007 to examine and evaluate claims of wrongful convictions.