Galen Bacharier

North Carolina Gov.-elect Josh Stein is continuing to staff up his transition team, bringing on an array of government officials and business leaders from past and present as he prepares to take office.

A group of western North Carolina officials will travel to Washington next week to meet with White House staff members and the state's congressional

Head of NC's hurricane home recovery program says they ‘weren't watching budget carefully enough'

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina plan to transfer authority over the state's Board of Elections to the state auditor's office.

This is a developing story and will be updated. Republican lawmakers in North Carolina plan to transfer authority over the state’s Board of Elections to the state auditor’s office, a move that will place administration and appointment of its members under GOP purview. The plan, included in a bill that also funds further aid for […]

Lengthy GOP bill places new limits on governor and attorney general and makes raft of other changes to state and local government

Lawmakers from western North Carolina leave Raleigh frustrated at lack of new Helene aid spending

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina approved wide-ranging legislation Wednesday that was billed as another round of hurricane relief, but instead primarily shifts power within state government away from Democratic officials.Senate Bill 382 is advertised as the third round of relief for west...

Bill was branded hurricane relief by Republicans. It makes changes to elections, executive power and more.

Republicans in North Carolina’s legislature recently passed a 131-page bill that makes myriad changes to how state government is structured and functions. Senate Bill 382 was branded as a third round of relief to western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. And although it does provide some additional regulatory changes and money, the vast majority of […]