Will Doran

Changes to campaign finance transparency, as well as election audits and ballot challenges, are among the proposals in a wide-ranging elections bill to be considered by the state Senate. The bill previously passed the House in a party-line vote.

A bill passed by the state Senate on Tuesday would spend tens of millions on golf tournaments and military-themed competitions.

The wide-ranging bill would spend tens of millions of dollars on sporting events, in addition to dealing out millions in taxpayer dollars to charities and targeting Democratic Gov. Josh Stein with what critics call new power grabs.

Bills making changes to the new state budget, including spending tens of millions on golf and military games and stripping power from Democratic politicians including Gov. Josh Stein, passed the state Senate Wednesday.

Dozens of American citizens, including several North Carolinians, say they were wrongfully profiled, detained and mistreated by ICE and other immigration officials during raids.

Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says the scope of a criminal investigation into allegations of political corruption keeps growing. She hasn't ruled out bringing charges against state lawmakers.

The state's Republican-majority Supreme Court is interested in exploring an argument that North Carolina's ban on felons owning guns is unconstitutional. Politicians, law enforcement and different advocacy groups are now jumping in.

North Carolina lawmakers return Tuesday facing a slate of major issues, including a possible vote on a Republican-backed hemp regulation bill that has divided business groups and law enforcement.

Critics of the new budget tweaks, which include tens of millions of dollars for sporting events, say the money could be spent better elsewhere and should've been vetted more thoroughly.

NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby would be allowed to suspend other judges without pay, even without any finding of wrongdoing, under a new bill that's now up to Gov. Josh Stein to act on.