Under the executive order, state Cabinet agencies are ordered not to cooperate with prosecution and penalties against health care providers who provided legal reproductive health services,

Republicans are refusing to accept North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory in November

Former U.S. Representative Dan Bishop has quietly ended his defamation case against Jeff Jackson’s campaign for attorney general, shortly before its first day in court.

Stein was to deliver a speech on Saturday in Raleigh, instead of the originally scheduled swearing-in ceremony outside the old Capitol building.

Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) governs over a state that has GOP majorities in both state houses and an abortion law that bans the practice after 12 weeks

In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing election lawsuit as an “egregious attack on the right to vote” that threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of North Carolinians.

The order, announced Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte, focuses on what cabinet agencies should and shouldn't do regarding reproductive health care.

"It's an incredible privilege and honor to really have the ability to serve the people in North Carolina in so many different ways," Tilson said.

All in-person inaugural celebrations were postponed due to inclement weather conditions, as the Triangle saw its first significant snow in nearly three years. The event was broadcast live to North Carolina residents.

The cancellations mark another setback for North Carolina inauguration ceremonies during the recent past. In 2017, approaching snow and sleet forced the cancellations of a public swearing-in ceremony and inaugural parade for new Gov. Roy Cooper.

Additional time through the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene has been requested of FEMA and its Temporary Sheltering Assistance Program. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein penned a letter to outgoing Administrator Deanne Criswell on Thursday.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein: "Many of these families’ homes need long-term rebuilding and are not and will not be safe for some time"