UNC‑Chapel Hill and UNC‑Greensboro deleted Pride Month posts after the UNC System cited its 2024 equality policy and reviewed campus social messaging.

Former state auditor Beth Wood has returned to the NC auditor’s office as an independent contractor for a redacted investigative review, per a public contract. Her work is capped at $25,000 and must finish in mid‑August.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Josh Stein HB 315 on June 12, 2026 — a bill that would bar outside investors from funding lawsuits and reshape how some big cases are financed in North Carolina.

Lawmakers advanced a proposal that would bar unauthorized camping on public property statewide and require cities to set up certified campsites with sanitation and security. Supporters point to federal funding incentives; advocates call it criminalization without housing.

A new bipartisan bill would extend CHIPS tax credits to low‑Earth‑orbit chipmaking, citing Chinese experiments and early commercial tests in space. Lawmakers say it could accelerate U.S. microgravity R&D.

A state bill would fold Camp Lejeune and New River into Jacksonville city limits, nearly quadrupling the city and sparking pushback from Holly Ridge officials.

Rep. Bryan Cohn has reversed course and will seek reelection in competitive District 32 after the Democratic nominee withdrew for health reasons.

The North Carolina House approved "Jaleeyah's Law," lowering the evidentiary bar for gang membership, increasing penalties and funding prosecutors after a Goldsboro girl's killing.

A reworked Farm Act cleared the NC House 110-2 Wednesday, dropping a raw-milk ban and proposed limits on pesticide lawsuits while advancing studies and regulatory tweaks.

Lawmakers and advocates rallied in Raleigh for a MOMnibus bill to fund community maternal supports and implicit-bias training aimed at closing racial gaps in outcomes.

House lawmakers rewrote a Senate bill to bar under‑21s from buying or possessing hemp edibles and kratom, with misdemeanors and rising fines and a Dec. 1, 2026 effective date. The move arrives as federal changes this year could already reshape the state’s hemp market.

Rep. Sarah Stevens will step down from the N.C. House effective next Tuesday to focus on her 2026 bid for the state Supreme Court against Justice Anita Earls.

Gov. Josh Stein is directing $10 million to 39 rural EMS agencies to expand mobile integrated health, training and follow‑up care for substance‑use and mental‑health needs.