Bryan Anderson | Associated Press

North Carolina U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop has filed a federal lawsuit to demand North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges disclose their votes on a case that prompted the 2022 primary to be postponed by 10 weeks.

New data released by state health officials shows roughly one in six eligible North Carolinians have gotten a COVID-19 booster shot. The state Department of Health and Human Services is urging all adults to come in for an extra shot ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

North Carolina Democratic state Sen. Ben Clark and Republican state Rep. John Szoka have announced they'll run in the state's 4th Congressional District. Under the newly drawn map by Republicans, the district outside of Raleigh slightly favors the GOP.

Democratic former state Sen. Erica Smith has announced that she will end her campaign for U.S. Senate and launch a congressional bid to replace Rep. G.K. Butterfield. She expects challenges for her party's nomination from state Rep. James Gailliard and state Sen. Don Davis.

North Carolina Republicans advanced a number of proposals on Wednesday that voting rights groups fear could reduce turnout for the 2022 midterm elections. The measures reducing the time mail-in ballots may be counted, prohibiting private money from being used to fund local elections operations and compelling courts to share citizenship information with state elections officials are unlikely to become law.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he'll sign the legislature’s final two-year budget bill into law once it reaches his desk. He made the announcement on Tuesday as the Senate prepared for floor debate on the budget plans. He says the good items contained inside the Republican-penned bill outweighed the bad.

Republicans at the North Carolina legislature have rolled out their final two-year budget bill. House and Senate GOP leaders unveiled the plan on Monday, with a goal of the General Assembly giving it final approval by later in the week.

State data shows more than 24,000 kids in the 5-11 age group got the vaccine within the first five days it was administered. This represents less than 3% of the almost 900,000 children eligible in the age group.

North Carolina is facing a legal challenge in state court over its newly drawn maps that heavily favor Republicans heading into the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. An organization formed by prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias announced Friday that a group of voters who challenged the constitutionality of previous North Carolina maps will now contest the latest congressional maps.

The latest statistics released by state health officials on Tuesday show cases and hospitalizations at their lowest levels in about three months. The share of tests coming back positive have also declined noticeably. The development comes as the state struggles to convince more unvaccinated residents to come in for a shot.