FEMA has cleared another major package — roughly $179M in public‑assistance and $18M in mitigation grants — to accelerate Helene recovery across western North Carolina.

Duke Energy will relinquish the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind lease and redeploy about $129 million into generation and grid upgrades across the Carolinas. The move pauses a major coastal project and shifts planning inland.

Lawmakers' draft budget includes millions for PFAS testing and mitigation around fire stations, funding tests, temporary water and gear‑cleaning pilots to protect firefighters.

Sen. Ted Budd and several North Carolina lawmakers say they may block the White House’s $87.6B supplemental unless Congress adds new Helene recovery money. Gov. Josh Stein has asked for roughly $10–$10.2B to finish rebuilding western North Carolina.

A narrow House committee vote could send Fort Bragg back into the renaming fight, reigniting local debate over history, identity and cost.

The Durham school board voted to require quarterly, school-level budget reporting and a searchable salary database after pressure from educators. New public files will show pay, contracts and spending.

An appeals court has remanded a Guilford County lawsuit over a 2021 school COVID shot given without parental consent, reviving state‑constitutional claims. The trial judge must now decide whether the private clinic acted as a state actor.

A federal judge found Jose Martinez‑Andino's April removal likely violated due process and ordered DHS to facilitate his return to the U.S.

Two absences and a newly seated Republican allowed House Republicans to narrowly override Gov. Josh Stein's vetoes, enacting DEI bans and an immigration bill.

The State Board of Elections will rehear a complaint June 24 over Wake County counting three early ballots cast by voters who died before Election Day 2024.

Wake County Commissioner Vickie Adamson traveled to Israel on an Israeli-funded exchange; the visit has drawn criticism from local activists over timing and optics.

Two state audits found $47.2 million in fraudulent unemployment overpayments and a 22% improper‑payment rate; auditors say only a fraction has been recovered and reforms are underway.

Orange County Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford, 67, died Sunday after complications from a medical procedure. County leaders will decide how to fill her District 1 seat.