This month, Governor Josh Stein vetoed three bills, his first time using his veto power since entering office in January. Stein vetoed the following bills: SB 50, Freedom To Carry...
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El veto del gobernador Josh Stein a los proyectos de ley HB318 y SB153 representa una victoria fundamental para las comunidades inmigrantes en todo Carolina del Norte. Estas propuestas habrían legitimado el perfil racial, fortalecido la colaboración entre las fuerzas del orden locales y el ICE, y sembrado el miedo entre familias inmigrantes en todo el estado.
On Friday, June 20, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced that roughly $3 million in grants were approved by the Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) for rural communities, which the governor says will attract an additional $52 million in public and private investments to support economic development across the state.
Dr. Beverly Gray, an OB-GYN and associate professor at Duke University, says she regularly sees high-risk patients who travel from out of state—often in emergency situations—to receive life-saving abortion care.
This month, Governor Josh Stein vetoed three bills, his first time using his veto power since entering office in January. Stein vetoed the following bills: SB 50, Freedom To Carry NC; SB 153, North Carolina Border Protection Act; and HB 318, The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act.
Gov. Stein, who took office in January, issued his formal objections to three measures backed by the GOP, including a bill that would eliminate the requirement for gun owners to apply for and receive a legal permit before carrying a concealed loaded firearm in public.
Un nuevo análisis de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill (UNC) revela que más de 300 hospitales rurales en Estados Unidos podrían cerrar si se aprueba la ley propuesta conocida como “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, que incluye recortes significativos a los programas de Medicaid y Medicare.
Now the company is looking to lawmakers to avoid having to face more consequences for their pollution of North Carolina waters. This legislative session, lawmakers are considering bills to hold polluters accountable, including House Bill 569, entitled “PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability” and Senate Bill 666, the “2025 Water Safety Act”.
Voicing support for the tariffs while it was politically advantageous for him in gaining Trump’s favor and then flipping his script when they went wrong, as predicted–without naming the party responsible–is weak. While Tillis bounces back and forth, desperately trying to balance the extremism of his party’s primary voters with the moderate general electorate of North Carolina, his constituents suffer.
SB 153 is a right-wing bill that would burden local law enforcement, infringe on the rights of local governments, and further empower ICE to perform unconstitutional raids on North Carolina communities.
NC’s first Buc-ee’s is expected to feature a 74,000-square-foot store, 652 parking spaces, and 120 gas pumps. Despite the Mebane City Council hearing hours of public comments that were mostly against Buc-ees, the council approved the project back in January 2024. The mega gas station would consume over 23,000 gallons of water daily, and the site sits within a mile of 13 known underground fuel leaks.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provided significant tax credits to businesses and homeowners who manufactured and sold clean-energy components, built energy-efficient homes, purchased clean-energy vehicles, or made energy-efficient improvements to their homes.
The Trump administration is underfunding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), leaving states like North Carolina, which rely on the critical agency, dangerously unprepared for severe storms and extreme weather.
As North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein warns of devastating impacts from proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, Senator Thom Tillis is doubling down—pushing for further reductions to key health care programs, including Medicare, according to WCNC.
While it’s possible that higher tariffs could boost domestic production of steel and aluminum, it’s more likely that the tax policy will raise costs for consumers and companies that rely on those products. In an interview with NPR, a North Carolina manufacturer explained how the tariffs could harm his business.