North Carolina Government News

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx appeared before the U.S. Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday regarding his nomination to become U.S. secretary of transportation.

I spent last weekend driving a Tesla Model S from Washington DC to Atlantic City and back.

An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1. The report issued by the office of State Auditor Beth Wood raises serious questions about the process used to affirm the complex NCTracks software will be ... (more)

The North Carolina Senate gave initial approval Wednesday to a state budget proposal after a fierce partisan debate in which Democrats accused the plan's Republican authors of choosing tax reductions over restoring cuts to education, health and rural development.

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is cautioning people to avoid scam charities in the wake of the Oklahoma tornadoes.

The Governor's Highway Safety Program is marking the 20th anniversary of its "Click It or Ticket" campaign with a renewed effort to get all North Carolina motorists and passengers to buckle up.

PPP did their monthly poll of the 2014 North Carolina U.S. Senate Race and there's some new developments mixed with some old news.

The Johnston County commissioner was on the board of directors for former Rep. Stephen LaRoque's private non-profit, East Carolina Development Company, from the beginning.

The latest version of a bill intended to protect the constitutional rights of North Carolinians from "foreign laws" is on its way to the House floor after a contentious hearing in the House Judiciary C Committee.

Wednesday, McCrory sat down for a one-on-one interview with WFMY News 2's Morgan Hightowe r to recap and lay out his legislative priorities.

A North Carolina House panel recommended a bill Wednesday that buys time for the city of Raleigh to renegotiate a lease for the 325-acre Dorothea Dix property with the state.

Progressive protests against a wave of conservative legislation in the North Carolina State House show little sign of weakening at the one month milestone.

North Carolina Senate leaders on Sunday released a $20.6 billion state budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year as part of a biennium budget plan.

The Swansboro Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded a $3,000 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina as part of the Nourishing North Carolina initiative.

The North Carolina General Assembly is taking time out to suit up with big hats, bow ties and basketball uniforms.

The North Carolina office that oversees Medicaid says the funding shortfall for the government health insurance program is more than $330 million.

A longtime advocate for people with mental disabilities in North Carolina is joining state government as the director of the agency that oversees services for them and others with mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse problems.

Dozens of people who live off of Independence Boulevard came out Tuesday night to learn about plans to widen it.

The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.

Opening statements began Monday afternoon in the trial of of former State Representative Stephen LaRoque.