Category Archives: State/Regional
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative ra...
Jan 06, 2025
Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
By REBECCA SANTANA and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after th...
Dec 22, 2024
EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency ...
Dec 20, 2024
Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to ...
Dec 20, 2024
More Roy Cooper lieutenants staying on the job in North Carolina Gov.-elect Stein's Cabinet
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Several more top lieutenants of outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have agreed to work for fellow Democrat and successor Josh Stein's ad...
Dec 17, 2024
Next North Carolina governor names 7 Cabinet secretaries, with 2 current department heads
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein announced his choices for a majority of his Cabinet positions Monday before he takes office n...
Dec 17, 2024
North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor's powers
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor's veto that would diminish the powers afforded to h...
Dec 11, 2024
Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races las...
Dec 11, 2024
Another recount won't be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials won't order another recount in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to sugg...
Dec 10, 2024
After 1 year, Medicaid expansion in North Carolina nears its enrollment goal
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Enrollment in North Carolina's new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults has nearly reached the state's goal of 600,000 in half of the time initially projected, Gov. Roy Coop...
Dec 04, 2024