Tricia Cotham’s defection to the Republican Party has deep roots in the right-wing “school choice” movement.So far, little has been disclosed about exactly why North Carolina state Representative...

In 2015, Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County made a public speech on the General Assembly floor about her own abortion. Earlier this year, she switched from being a Democrat to a Republican —...

It looks and sounds like the tubby little guy at the front of the House chamber is not in for a very good week.  Break-ins and surveillance cameras?  Holy Watergate! Sex on the side and on the down…

The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday decided to send a case back to a lower court to consider further to what extent state lawmakers who were voted into office as a result of unlawful voting...

Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for a state House seat by powerful Republicans. After she was elected, she joined them and delivered a G.O.P. supermaj...

More abortion restrictions could be on the way, GOP leaders say, if Republicans win the 2024 governor's race or expand their power in the legislature.

“It brings into question her credibility as a lawmaker,” one Congressional ethics expert told Salon

The bill largely matches up with the official legislative agenda of a group run by election lawyer Cleta Mitchell. Senate leader Phil Berger says she had no hand in writing the bill.

Opponents feared ending NC’s handgun permit law would put more weapons in the wrong hands. A high-profile death at UNC underscores their worries.

An investigation was conducted after the school's founder and executive director was fired with reasons cited including a misuse of funds.

WBTV investigation found Robinson didn’t disclose wife’s charter school role

Legal professionals criticized the ruling, which they said misconstrued precedent and could profoundly affect families across the state.

For more than a year, the state's political leaders have debated when Medicaid expansion would occur in North Carolina

News & Observer reporting finds more evidence that Mike Causey hires friends and people with political connections.

Among the top recipients are groups that have come under scrutiny in the past for improperly using federal funds and allegedly providing pregnant women with misleading information about abortion.

While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign for governor, she told a state agency a different story.

As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back.

There’s only enough funding this year to provide applicants in the two lowest income tiers with new vouchers to attend a private school.

The ATF has upgraded its monitoring of Sen. Ted Budd’s gun shop since 2021 after guns sold there turned up in crimes.

District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said there wasn't enough evidence to support a criminal case against Dr. Mark Harris.

A $78 billion package of tax breaks for families and businesses passed the House on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. But key GOP senators demand big changes — or else.

The Democrat's fundraising haul heading into the 2024 election is nearly triple what outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper reported at the same stage of his first run for governor.