Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance unemployment benefits using the state’s Emergency Management Act.

Josh Stein was sworn in as the 76th governor of North Carolina on Jan. 1st, 2025, becoming the state’s first Jewish governor and its second consecutive Democratic governor.  Stein seeks to continue the legacy of former Governor Roy Cooper and further his own goals and policy proposals in the next four years.

Two legislative committees are hearing testimony from state disaster recovery officials this week. State lawmakers must debate how much more money to spend on Helene relief aid, and how to respond with two new administrations under Josh Stein and Donald Trump.

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect reproductive health care access across the state. The order directs

Trump and Stein have exhibited starkly different styles of leadership — a contrast that’s likely to continue over the next four years.

Gov Ops will bring in Stein staff to talk about his new Helene recovery office, the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina, or GROW NC, as well as the troubled N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency. NCORR was heavily scrutinized by Republicans during former Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration.

During a winter weather-related press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Gov. Josh Stein told reporters that his office had just learned about the presidential visit.

Gov. Roy Cooper said Republican legislators passed a bill that "actually took money away from western North Carolina."

In the final weeks of his unsuccessful campaign for governor, then-Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson struggled to raise money, while spending much of his remaining funds on campaign consultants, legal bills and parties.

Copland Rudolph cast a ballot in the November election, just as she has for years, with her vote counting on a long list of North Carolina contests that were settled

The legal dispute between Guilford County Board of Commissioners and Trillium Health Resources, the state's largest behavioral health managed care organizations, has escalated with the filing of two l

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn into office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded Roy Cooper in a top elected position for the second time in eight years.