North Carolina state government
North Carolina announces first COVID vaccine lottery winners
By Bryan Anderson Jun. 28, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
North Carolina remains near bottom in COVID-19 vaccinations
By Bryan Anderson Jun. 25, 2021 02:33 PM EDT
Face mask decisions left with local NC schools in House bill
Jun. 23, 2021 07:24 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Local school leaders — and not state officials — would decide for next school year whether students and workers in K-12 schools must wear...
N. Carolina bill ending extra $300 benefits heads to Cooper
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 23, 2021 06:25 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina would end offering supplemental benefits from the federal government to the state's unemployed in roughly a month under...
Panel OKs NC Senate budget bill; Dems pan policy provisions
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 22, 2021 03:20 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Senate Republicans pushed their North Carolina government budget proposal through the chamber's largest committee Tuesday, rejecting...
Senate budget uses NC revenue boon on more tax cuts, capital
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 21, 2021 03:45 PM EDT
NC election bills unlikely to become laws after Senate votes
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 16, 2021 07:56 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans pushed a trio of election measures through their chamber on Wednesday, including one that would prohibit...
NC tax revenue soars, $6.5B windfall predicted by mid-2023
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 15, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's resurgent post-pandemic economy could put an additional $6.5 billion over the next two years into state government...
NC to give out $1 million each to 4 vaccinated residents
By Bryan Anderson Jun. 10, 2021 05:07 PM EDT
NC Senate's tax-cut plan gets initial approval by chamber
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 09, 2021 06:39 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Individual income taxes would fall again, the corporate rate would be eliminated over time and $1 billion in federal aid would be...
Bill moving up absentee deadline in NC clears Senate panel
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 09, 2021 05:08 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mail-in absentee ballots in North Carolina would have to be received by the day of the election, under a Republican-backed bill that...
North Carolina accepts no new COVID-19 vaccines this week
By Bryan Anderson Jun. 04, 2021 02:49 PM EDT
NC House votes to do away with extra jobless benefits early
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 03, 2021 04:25 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina would do away with the $300-per-week supplemental benefits for the unemployed provided by the federal government during the...
Cooper hasn't ruled out lottery-style vaccine incentives
By Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer Jun. 03, 2021 03:33 PM EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Some Charlotteans got more than they expected at their COVID-19 vaccine appointment Thursday afternoon: the shot, a $25 gift card, and a...
Extra federal jobless benefit would end in NC in House bill
Jun. 02, 2021 07:24 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's unemployed would no longer receive the pandemic-related $300-a-week federal unemployment supplement under legislation...
Cooper nearing rollout of financial perks for vaccination
By Bryan Anderson Jun. 02, 2021 05:57 PM EDT
Bill to give NC returning workers bonuses approved by Senate
By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 01, 2021 07:00 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Giving bonuses to North Carolina's unemployment benefit recipients who get a job soon would help both business struggling to fill...
Mass COVID-19 vaccine site in central North Carolina closed
May. 28, 2021 05:30 PM EDT
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federally supported mass vaccination center operated from a central North Carolina shopping mall closed this week, state government...