A split N.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 that the General Assembly could move State Board of Elections appointments from Gov. Josh Stein to Auditor Dave Boliek, Carolina Journal reported.
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North Carolina ranks ninth nationally for innovation capacity in the 2026 Tracking Innovation report — its first top-10 finish — with Catawba County’s fiber and tech projects part of the “every region” story.
At the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Michael Whatley cast Roy Cooper as a radical and framed North Carolina’s Senate race around affordability, crime, and national party urgency.
A State Auditor performance audit finds lottery sales up 51% in two years while the share of sales sent to education fell from 23% to 16%, driven by digital instant games.
Corning expands optical cable in Hickory for Meta, while Microsoft builds data campuses across Catawba County and Verizon locks in more Corning fiber.
Monroe Mayor Robert Burns called Gavin Newsom’s Union County rally a thin crowd, and tied the visit to Cooper, Stein, and the 2028 governor’s race.
Roy Cooper says a Supreme Court stay on discounted party TV ads, plus outside Republican money, gives the other side a midterm edge he does not have.
A new federal tax credit can pay for tutors and summer help for public school students. In North Carolina, almost no district has lined up to use it.
North Carolina school report cards just posted their strongest marks in years. The State Board of Education is still writing a plan to change how those grades are given.
Vice President JD Vance quote-posted the claim; White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called it the first sustained negative migration in a century.