General Assembly.

The murder of Iryna Zarutska continues to reverberate. In Raleigh, lawmakers pass a crime bill with her name on it and in Charlotte, a vigil is held in her memory. Elsewhere, J.D. Vance visited Concord to focus on the administration’s commitment to state and local law enforcement. Plus, on the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene, the federal government releases millions in relief funding.

In a purple state, progressive members of NC House wanted own caucus to promote an agenda more strident than the overall Democratic Party’s.

Senate Bill 266 also shifts some costs of purchased power from industrial to residential customers by changing how they're calculated.

We take a closer look at what’s been going on in the General Assembly since it returned to session and which proposed bills have a chance to advance.

Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed two bills — one that would prevent the governor-appointed state Building Code Council from updating energy efficiency rules for new homes until 2031 and another that would change the way charter schools are approved.

Mecklenburg Democrats rallied Sunday in an effort to harness anger over State Rep. Tricia Cotham's decision to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

This election season, we’ve heard a lot about the presidential race, and campaigns for U.S. Senate and governor in North Carolina – and for good reason.…