Lawmakers moved North Carolina's long-awaited state budget one step closer to becoming law Wednesday, with the House and Senate both giving the spending plan initial approval. Final vote expected this morning.

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a trio of significant rulings Tuesday, delivering mixed outcomes on birthright citizenship, women's sports, and campaign finance.

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Duke Energy is ending its Carolina Long Bay offshore wind project under a new agreement with the Trump administration, allowing the utility to redirect nearly $129 million toward grid upgrades and new power generation.

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Could Major League Baseball come to Raleigh? The bigger question may be whether North Carolina taxpayers will be asked to help pay for a new stadium.

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Major victory for the Trump administration on immigration, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court has cleared the way for the administration to end certain deportation protections and ruled that authorities may turn away asylum seekers at the southern border.

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A miserable day for North Carolina Democrats yesterday as the GOP-led House successfully overrode four of Gov. Josh Stein's vetoes. The overrides were made possible after two lawmakers who lost their Democratic primaries in March were absent from the chamber during the votes.

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Three candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohrani Mamdani won New York Democratic primaries on Tuesday. What does this mean for November? Plus an insane amout of talk about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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No better example of government incompetence exists than a new report from State Auditor Dave Boliek showing more than $61 million spent on the Mid-Currituck Bridge project. There's just one problem: after nearly 30 years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, there is still no bridge.

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For years, policymakers have pushed unreliable wind and solar projects while shutting down or discouraging dependable sources of power generation. The result is a grid that is becoming less stable just as energy demand continues to soar. Major changes need to be made before we reach a breaking point. That means investing in dependable generation, modernizing infrastructure, and putting grid reliability ahead of political ideology. The warning signs are already here.

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California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program, and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough.

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