Gary D. Robertson | Associated Press

A Republican measure that supporters say would empower North Carolina parents to better monitor their children’s public school education has cleared a state Senate committee. But the measure approved Wednesday also bars K-3 class curriculum from addressing LGBTQ matters and wades into other contentious issues around pronouns for children and their medical treatment.

Republican North Carolina state Senate leader Phil Berger unveiled on Wednesday a package of health care access and insurance changes that include Medicaid expansion — something he opposed for a decade.

Days after U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his primary race, a federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s decision that blocked an elections board from examining whether he should be disqualified.

North Carolina Senate Republicans have unveiled a wide-ranging proposal they say would help parents stay informed about what their children are being taught and how they’re being treated by doctors. The measure also would tread into contentious LGBTQ matters that have caused divisive debate elsewhere.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein says he's recovering from a “minor stroke” that prompted doctors to remove a small blood clot

North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults.

First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost to North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards in the Republican congressional primary.

Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states, including North Carolina, cast their ballots in midterm elections. He's backed U.S. Rep. Ted Budd here.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed how he'd like lawmakers to adjust the second year of a two-year state government budget that got signed into law just six months ago. The Democratic governor unveiled his ideas Wednesday at a news conference.

North Carolina's highest court has refused to hear the appeal of a civil rights leader convicted of trespassing during a 2017 demonstration inside the Legislative Building. The state Supreme Court announced on Friday it had denied the request of the Rev. William Barber II for the justices to review his case and his 2019 trial. It appears to mean Barber's second-degree trespass conviction is final.