Politics & Government

North Carolina Republicans who last fall enacted their long-sought policy ordering local sheriffs to cooperate with federal agents seeking to locate and deport certain jail inmates already want it

The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town's overdue revitalizatio

The poll comes as more than 200 legal challenges have been documented against the Trump administration.

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked North Carolina election officials from contacting voters whose disputed ballots in an unresolved 2024 state Supreme Court race could be eliminated from the final count.

North Carolina trial judges threw out on Wednesday another Republican attempt to strip the governor of his authority to appoint State Board of Elections members, declaring that a law shifting the task to the state auditor is unconstitutional.

IRS officials say the change is aimed at helping those affected by Hurricane Helene.

At the event Gov. Josh Stein told the crowd, which included all of the state’s U.S. senators and representatives, that President Trump’s trade policies will hurt North Carolina families and businesses. 

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation.

The Guilford County Planning Board will host a special meeting for the presentation of its updated comprehensive plan on Wednesday.