The new rules provide eight weeks of paid parental leave for full-time employees who give birth after July 1. Part-time employees will be given prorated amounts of leave.
House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters that there’s support in the Republican House caucus for video lottery terminals.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson called the latest Trump indictment – four counts for trying to steal the 2020 election – “a joke.”
The State Board of Elections announced that registered voters who do not have an acceptable identification card for voting can now go to their county board of elections office to get a free ID.
Since last fall, one parent, Katie Gates, has pushed for the book “Stamped” to be removed from lessons and school libraries. Gates claimed the book shows “disrespect for our nation and the Bible.”
According to a national survey, North Carolina’s child care system mirrors what’s happening across the nation, as low worker pay, staff shortages and high tuition impact access to quality child care for millions.
In a unanimous vote, the Pitt County Board of Elections sent state legislators a letter asking them to consider “unintended consequences” if they adopt new elections laws.
State Rep. Keith Kidwell, a right-wing extremist Republican representing Beaufort County, has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next North Carolina House Speaker.
In May 2022, a biodigester at White Oak Farm in Wayne County collapsed, spilling nearly a million gallons of hog waste, including feces and decomposing carcasses, into nearby wetlands.
Source:NC Newsline This summer has consisted of consecutive days of record-breaking heat across the country. While North Carolina is certainly no stranger to hot and