North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein visited Yancey County on Thursday to meet with Helene survivors. The state Senate voted Wednesday on a fourth round of disaster relief for Western North Carolina to recover from the damage.

We are now two months into the administration of new North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, and soon he’ll make his first formal pitch to the General Assembly. Stein is a Democrat and the legislature is controlled by Republicans. They just invited him to deliver his State of the State Address on March 12.

At an event hosted by the Rockefeller Center, Stein shared his experience governing across party lines and putting partisan conflicts aside to work with Republicans on key issues.

The bill now heads to the House, where Speaker Destin Hall has said he expects lawmakers to file their own immigration bill “very soon.”

North Carolina Republicans who are resolved to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda now seek to compel the recently elected Democratic governor to aid the president's immigration crackdown and stop the new Democratic attorney general from fighting Trump in court.

N.C., blasted a conservative political consultant with close ties to President Donald Trump’s orbit who questioned whether he could win re-election next year.Tillis was responding to comments on X by Arthur Schwartz,

To try and recover from the storm — which the state estimated caused $60 billion in damages — Stein asked state lawmakers for $1 billion. He also asked the federal government for $19 billion.

Gov. Josh Stein of North Carolina announces new judicial appointments for the state's Superior and District Courts.