Josh Stein

Gov. Josh Stein met with reporters to talk about Western North Carolina's recovery and preparedness for tropical storms.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says he wants a council he's created to recommend cannabis sales regulations to protect young people and provide a structure for an industry where products from otherwise lawful hemp are unregulated.

Stein, a Democrat, asked lawmakers to fund 85 new positions at NCDMV. His request was included in a budget written and approved by Republicans in the North Carolina House.

The North Carolina Supreme Court has confirmed it was OK for a new law that shifted the power to appoint State Board of Elections away from the Democratic governor to start being enforced earlier this month.

The Genentech biotechnology plant will create more than 400 jobs.

North Carolina's Republican state auditor has made appointments to a new State Board of Elections because an appeals court said a law can still be enforced while it is challenged by Democratic Gov.

A North Carolina appeals court has ruled that a law stripping the governor's authority to appoint State Board of Elections can take effect for now.

North Carolina trial judges have struck down an attempt by Republican state lawmakers to shift power away from the governor to the state auditor. The change would have taken away Democratic Gov. Josh Stein's ability to appoint of the State Board of Elections and that power to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek.

North Carolina trial judges will soon rule if legislative Republicans' latest method to attempt to wrest control of the State Board of Elections from a Democratic governor is lawful. A three-judge listened to arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Josh Stein against GOP lawmakers.

When Gov. Josh Stein took office in January, he inherited the fallout from one of the worst natural disasters in the state’s history. The estimated $60 billion recovery from Hurricane Helene has been Stein’s “top priority as governor,” the Democrat told Carolina Public Press. His initial days in office have shown it.