CLINTON – American Humane reunited Military Working Dog Chickel, a 9-year-old German Shepherd, with Staff Sergeant Kyle Johnson, an active duty dog handler with the U.S. Air Force stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro.

RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s crews, contractors and volunteers have collected more than 8 million pounds of litter from roadsides since Jan. 1 and are on pace to exceed the state’s record for litter collection – 10.5 million pounds – set in 2019.

RALEIGH – State Senate leaders will propose spending $3 billion over the next two years on capital and infrastructure projects. That money is part of a larger 10-year, $12 billion “cash” plan tied to the Senate’s budget.

RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday, June 17, to approve guiding documents for controversial new social studies standards that place greater emphasis on race and gender in teaching U.S. history.

RALEIGH – Several bills to help N.C. distillers and to loosen alcohol regulation in the state are moving through the General Assembly. Some have progressed to the floor, of both or one of the bodies, while others are mired in committee.

RALEIGH – Jaden Ng, 13, and her family sat in the gallery June 10 to watch the N.C. Senate vote to ban abortions sought based on the likelihood of Down syndrome, the condition Jaden has had her entire life.

RALEIGH – Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper issued his first executive order of the pandemic in March 2020, at the time implementing a interminable state of emergency, a move that’s typically reserved for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

(The Center Square) – North Carolina will give away $4 million in cash and cover college tuition for people who get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Roy Cooper announced June 10.

(The Center Square) – Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed spending $1.2 billion to expand internet access and issuing additional grants to North Carolina parents with the state's latest round of federal COVID-19 relief.

(The Center Square) – The N.C. House is considering a bill that would set aside $750 million in federal aid to expand internet access across the state.

RALEIGH – North Carolina remains vulnerable to fuel shortages because it’s too reliant on a pair of pipelines for gas and energy, industry leaders and experts told lawmakers.

RALEIGH – Occupational therapists who move to North Carolina would have an easier time getting back to work under a bill in the General Assembly.

RALEIGH – The N.C. Senate is close to approving a trio of health care bills aimed at reducing costs and increasing transparency in the system.

RALEIGH — The state House wants Congress to reject proposals for packing the U.S. Supreme Court. The House voted 68-44 on May 6 to support a federal “Keep Nine” amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

RALEIGH – In a compelling community forum, a woman described her heartbreaking involvement with the criminal justice system before Democratic party activists across the state.

RALEIGH – The N.C. House committee on Alcoholic Beverage Control moved several bills May 5, including measures to expand growler sizes, to allow alcohol service on charter buses, and to set up “social districts.”

RALEIGH – Republican leadership in the General Assembly has introduced legislation to increase penalties for rioting across North Carolina.

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s Department of Revenue did not do enough to get “Extra Credit” grants to low-income families eligible for them, a new audit finds.

(The Center Square) – The North Carolina Senate is considering a bill that would loosen regulatory requirements for health care facilities.

It’s been one year since Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide adjusted their hallmark methods of sharing comfort and hope from the scriptures due to the pandemic.

RALEIGH — A measure that would require a healthcare facility to notify patients of any out-of-network care they receive is moving through the Senate. Senate Bill 505, comes amid patient complaints that an out-of-network provider would participate in their care, often without seeing the patie…

RALEIGH – The N.C. House has approved a measure that could pave the way for ending the state’s twice-a-year ritual of setting clocks forward and back.

(The Center Square) – Gov. Roy Cooper plans to lift most of North Carolina's COVID-19 restrictions June 1, he announced April 21.

RALEIGH – The N.C. Utilities Commission on April 16 issued an order approving a partial rate increase for Duke Energy Progress and a settlement addressing coal ash cleanup costs.

RALEIGH – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced April 19 that he would not run for U.S. Senate after considering the move for several weeks. Robinson was elected last year as North Carolina’s first black lieutenant governor after a 2018 video of him speaking to the Greensboro City Council went viral.