Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) issued an executive order aimed at protecting abortion in the Tar Heel State, just weeks after taking office. Stein, a Democrat, governs over a state that has large GOP majorities in both state houses,

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect reproductive health care access across the state. The order directs

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

"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.

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.

Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that he reviewed 89 clemency petitions from death row inmates and granted 15 of them.