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06/29/2025

NC Sen. Thom Tillis announced today he will not seek reelection in 2026.

RALEIGH — Republican Thom Tillis, North Carolina’s senior U.S. senator, announced Sunday that he will not seek a third term in Washington, D.C. Tillis pointed to the climate in Washington as his reason not to seek reelection. “In Washington over the last few years, it’s become increasingly e...

06/15/2025

Calls for Wake Democrat to resign following posting of beheaded Trump photo

RALEIGH — Rep. Julie von Haefen (D-Wake) drew criticism for a post she made to social media that included a photo showing a depiction of a beheaded President Donald Trump with imagery of a guillotine. The Wake County Democrat posted a series of images in a video on her Instagram account, take

01/16/2025

ICYMI - Members of the NCGA were sworn in last week for the 2025 session.

RALEIGH — The 2025 legislative session kicked off Jan. 8 with the swearing in of members in both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly, including the formal installation of Rep. Destin Hall (R-Granite Falls) as the new speaker of the House. Hall was unanimously elected as the first mill

11/29/2024

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11/04/2024

Want the tea on NC Early Voting stats?
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RALEIGH — North Carolinians cast more than 4.2 million votes during the state’s early voting period, beating the state’s previous early voting record in 2020 of over 3.6 million. “I am proud of all of our 100 county boards of elections and the thousands of election workers who are making thi...

09/28/2024

Hurricane Helene pounded the western part of North Carolina today. Flooding was extreme.

ASHEVILLE — Days of torrential rains in North Carolina culminating with tropical downpours from what was Hurricane Helene have led to officials keeping a close eye on a major dam, the closure of two main interstates in the mountains and flooding everywhere. More than a foot of rain has fallen acr

09/19/2024

See what JD Vance had to say in Raleigh today.

RALEIGH — Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, delivered remarks at a campaign stop at Raleigh’s Union Station on Wednesday. NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons opened the event by urging everyone to vote in November. When Vance took the stage, he gave shout-outs to Re...

05/02/2023

Sources confirm to North State Journal that a bill banning abortion after 12 weeks in North Carolina will be unveiled at 6 PM tonight.

05/18/2022

Edwards defeats Cawthorn for 11th District GOP nomination

State Sen. Chuck Edwards defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn to win the Republican nomination for the 11th Congressional District. Cawthorn, who has become a national political figure mired in controversies, fell short of winning the nomination to a veteran legislator who was backed by man

03/07/2022

RALEIGH — Former North Carolina state Rep. David Lewis has reemerged into public life in the role of lobbyist. As of this morning, Lewis has filed paperwork for his lobbying firm, Trek Strategies, LLC. The company has a website, TrekNC.com, which states the company is a “strategic consulting fir...

02/25/2022

RALEIGH — The court-drawn interim congressional map that will be used in the 2022 election has shifted where some state incumbents will run for reelection. Immediately after appeals to the N.C. Supreme Court were denied, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson announced his intention to run in the new 9th Congr

01/19/2022

RALEIGH — Republican leaders of the N.C. General Assembly filed motions on Jan. 6 calling for two state Supreme Court justices, Sam Ervin IV and Anita Earls, to recuse themselves from the court case deciding whether the redistricting maps created by the General Assembly can stand and be used in th...