NC State Wire

(The Center Square) – Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is in a Senate proposal from Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd.

The proposal mirrors a version in the House of Representatives brought by Rep. David... Read more

(The Center Square) – Additional time through the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene has been requested of FEMA and its Temporary Sheltering Assistance Program.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein penned a letter to outgoing Administrator Deanne Criswell on Thursday.

(The Center Square) – Favorability for businesses making choices and observers with rankings to choose North Carolina remains strong.

Site Selection magazine, headquartered in Georgia, picked North Carolina third behind Texas and Georgia in the annual survey of Top... Read more

(The Center Square) – North Carolina’s freshman congressman, a Green Beret veteran, and Texas’ third-term junior senator have introduced legislation reversing Biden administration policies in the military tied to the COVID-19 vaccine.

U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan’s AMERICANS... Read more

(The Center Square) – North Carolina and Tennessee were cleared this week for $352.6 million in Emergency Relief funds in the “quick release” process by the Federal Highway Administration from within the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Money is being... Read more

(The Center Square) – Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine has drawn bipartisan praise from those opposed.

The North Atlantic Right Whale... Read more

(The Center Square) – Federal legislation passing the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday has mirror language to North Carolina’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that became law on Aug. 16, 2023.

Party-line votes also reflected the times. Two... Read more

(The Center Square) – From a $700 million budget hole five years ago to staying “within the lanes of its budget while fulfilling transportation duties,” North Carolina’s Department of Transportation received a sterling audit from the new state treasurer.

(The Center Square) – Six applications for charter schools opening in the fall of 2026 gained approval, and one renewal for this fall was declined on Monday by the North Carolina Charter School Review Commission.

Community School of Digital... Read more

(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina will serve as chairwoman of the House of Representatives' Committee on Rules for the 119th Congress.

Foxx, of the 5th Congressional District in the northwestern part of... Read more

(The Center Square) – FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance hotel stays were extended Monday evening, answering the pleas of western North Carolinians.

In a social media post from FEMA's Region 4 at 8:12 p.m., “#NC: FEMA is extending the Transitional... Read more

(The Center Square) – A joint bid for U.S. Steel from two domestic rivals has the potential support of Gov. Josh Shapiro.

In a statement to The Center Square on Monday, the governor’s office said Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves... Read more

(The Center Square) – Two North Carolina Republicans are among the 44 cosponsors of Sen. John Cornyn’s proposal for federal concealed-carry reciprocity among the states.

North Carolina Sen. Tillis, Texas Sens. Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Senate Judiciary Committee... Read more

(The Center Square) – Calling it “egregious assaults on voting rights” and “sinister and shameful,” Democrats alongside North Carolina’s unsettled election battle lashed out at Republicans and Judge Jefferson Griffin on Monday afternoon.

Allison Riggs, the Democrat appointed to... Read more

(The Center Square) – An Ohio-based company won’t give up on its quest to merge with U.S. Steel.

According to multiple media outlets, Cleveland-Cliffs wants to buy the iconic company with the help of North Carolina’s Nucor Steel.

(The Center Square) – As the chill and snow of a winter storm blanketed western North Carolina, blowtorch heat is white-hot on FEMA and Administrator Deanne Criswell.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency program for Transitional Sheltering Assistance, primarily using... Read more

(The Center Square) – Snow and ice outside didn’t thwart the warm offer inside the old House of Representatives chambers in the North Carolina Capitol on Saturday.

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, 58, used his inaugural address to invite the... Read more

(The Center Square) – Decisions on an unsettled election for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court are ongoing in federal and state courts, with more dates in the process set late Friday afternoon.

Combined there are five... Read more

(The Center Square) – Raleigh is the lone North Carolina recipient in another round, this time $635 million, of electric vehicle charging and alternative fueling infrastructure grants from the Biden administration and the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

(The Center Square) – Leadership for recovery from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, heading into the 16th week, has six new faces representing the governor’s office and a 44-member committee appointed in the House of Representatives.

Gov. Josh... Read more