Sen. Vickie Sawyer, pictured in 2023, was among the Republican legislators who voted to override three vetos by Gov. Roy Cooper. (Chris Seward / AP Photo) RALEIGH — All three of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes […]
(Sergey Ponomarev / AP Photo) RALEIGH — North Carolina officials downgraded a projected state revenue surplus through mid-2025 by $430 million on Friday, citing lower than anticipated April 15 individual income tax payments due to […]
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the expansion of funding for the Opportunity Scholarship program “hurts public schools.” (Alex Brandon / AP Photo) RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate last week approved an additional $463.5 […]
(Photo courtesy N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences) RALEIGH — The “Dueling Dinosaurs” fossil exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh opened to the public on April 27. North Carolina Gov. […]
Multiple law enforcement officers were shot Monday in east Charlotte, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said. Officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were conducting an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they were fired […]
North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, pictured in 2021, was honored by the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools earlier this month. (Ethan Hyman / The News & Observer via AP) RALEIGH — The second […]
SCHOTT Pharma will build a new syringe manufacturing plant in Wilson that will create 400 jobs. (Photo courtesy Business Wire) WILSON — A company that makes containers and injections for vaccines and other drugs will […]
North Wilkesboro Speedway made its return to the NASCAR Cup Series by hosting May’s All-Star Race. (Matt Kelley / AP Photo) In the last three years, North State Journal’s Comeback of the Year has come […]
In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, Darryl Howard hugs attorney Barry Scheck after a threw out a double-murder conviction against him during a hearing at the Durham County Courthouse, in Durham. (Kaitlin McKeown/The […]
ALBEMARLE — Following a call by N.C. hospitals for Gov. Roy Cooper to provide “a better plan and way forward on vaccine deployment,” counties are experiencing shortages of the COVID vaccines. In a release Monday, […]
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