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The measure, which passed the Senate last month, got a hearing before a House judiciary committee, where members heard from attorneys, a physician and family members of murder victims on opposite sides of the issue.

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.

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

Highlights of the North Carolina state Senate's $20.6 billion budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year.

A battle is brewing over control of North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is still figuring out whether to support or oppose a new 50-year operating license for dams that once powered an Alcoa Inc.

The General Assembly approved in 2011 a compromise bill that would end the state's 25-year ban on the hardened structures and allow up to four of them to be built.

Seeking to further restrict abortions in North Carolina, the Republican-led House voted Tuesday to approve legislation that would prohibit the carrying out of abortions on the basis of the gender of the fetus.

A New Hampshire investment firm is challenging Alcoa Inc.'s bid for a new federal license to operate dams along one of North Carolina's largest rivers, demanding that federal regulators recognize circumstances have changed since the relicensing process started more than a decade ago.

Gov. Pat McCrory's administration revealed Thursday it expects this year's Medicaid shortfall to be more than double what was previously estimated.

Democratic Party leaders are likely unhappy that Kim Strach is becoming the new director of the State Board of Elections, which has changed to Republican control .

The N.C. State Ports Authority Board of Directors has 11 members. Six are appointed by the governor and four by the General Assembly.

Doctors could face fines of $10,000 or more for performing an abortion that was requested because of the gender of the fetus, under Republican-backed legislation that won approval Wednesday in a North Carolina House committee.

Emails show the North Carolina attorney general's staff had questions about the procedures used in a deal between the state and the city of Raleigh for the Dorothea Dix hospital.

Education in U.S. schools is being transformed by new forms of digital learning, tablets, e-textbooks and computerized testing.

A bill toughening income requirements for pre-K applicants is headed to the North Carolina House floor for debate after passing a committee Tuesday.

When contemplating the Neuse River Greenway, it's impossible not to think of the grand park Raleigh has planned for the old Dorothea Dix Hospital property.

A North Carolina House bill that would end tax refunds for film production companies is generating debate over the value of government-backed incentives for businesses.