Senate

The 12th Congressional District, which encompasses most of Mecklenburg County, stands to have the most people in the country lose health care coverage…

The future of driver’s education is still unclear as state lawmakers continue to haggle over a budget. Senate leaders want to stop funding the program and…

Hoping it will help jump start negotiations on North Carolina’s budget, state senators are offering major concessions to the House. But they want…

Senator-elect Thom Tillis got right to the point Wednesday, after defeating incumbent US Sen. Kay Hagan (D-North Carolina) by a narrow margin of 1.68…

The past few days have testified to the old political saying: there are two things you never want to watch being made — sausage and laws. And in the…

Teenagers and their families may have to shell out more for driver's education courses if a Senate plan to cut funding for that program goes through.…

Groups that want to open charter schools in North Carolina are reviewed by a board largely consisting of people who operate charters. That board was put…

Mecklenburg County commissioners are weighing whether to give CMS employees a raise out of the county’s pocket be that by paying the district an extra…

The merger of US Airways and American Airlines could have a greater impact than those airlines have previously stated, both on airline prices and on…

Republicans in the North Carolina Senate have proposed a $20.6 billion budget for next year. That’s essentially the same size as Governor Pat McCrory’s…