North Carolina State News Info Tracker

This episode covers North Carolina's 2026 primary elections, highlighting record early voting, the competitive Senate race between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley, and recent economic and educational developments in the state.

North Carolina begins 2026 with absentee ballots mailed for the March 3rd primary and Governor Josh Stein announcing Johnson & Johnson's multi-billion dollar expansion in Wilson County, creating up to 500 jobs.

North Carolina experienced significant economic growth with 33,000 new jobs and top business rankings in 2025, alongside political controversies, infrastructure developments, and public safety incidents.

This episode covers recent news in North Carolina, including a police incident, criminal charges, immigration arrest data, graduation celebrations, political developments, and economic initiatives aimed at job creation and infrastructure.

North Carolina is named the best state for business in 2025 by CNBC, driven by major corporate investments and job growth, alongside political developments, tribal recognition, and community resilience stories.

This episode covers North Carolina's 2026 landscape, including a new law defining sexes, federal broadband funding, political candidate filings, a lawsuit over education grants, and rising healthcare costs.

This episode discusses North Carolina's ongoing budget stalemate, focusing on political disagreements over tax cuts and teacher pay, while highlighting economic growth from a Johnson & Johnson expansion and healthcare improvements through federal funding for rural areas.

This episode covers North Carolina's ongoing budget delays, economic developments including tax cuts and job growth, and pressing healthcare and recovery challenges for 2025.

Governor Josh Stein declares a state of emergency for an incoming winter storm in North Carolina while also covering political investments, rural health funding, biotech expansion, and university infrastructure projects.

North Carolina faces a major winter storm with emergency measures while simultaneously advancing economic growth through a $2 billion Genentech expansion and top workforce development ranking.

This episode covers North Carolina's recovery from a major winter storm and its simultaneous economic surge, including job expansions, record tourism, and infrastructure efforts.

A severe winter storm caused widespread disruptions in North Carolina with hundreds of collisions and snow accumulation, while the governor announced economic developments and Black History Month proclamations.

This episode covers a historic snowstorm in North Carolina, its impact on recovery efforts and legislative action, along with business developments, economic indicators, and community news.

This episode covers North Carolina's response to a major snowstorm and its simultaneous recognition as a top economic performer, highlighting job growth, infrastructure challenges, and political developments.

This episode discusses North Carolina's record economic growth and resilience following a severe winter storm, highlighting major job announcements and corporate expansions.

This episode covers North Carolina's unprecedented statewide snowfall in 2026, along with policy shifts in mental health, business developments, and infrastructure challenges.

This episode provides a comprehensive update on North Carolina's current challenges and developments, covering drought conditions, economic shifts, political events, education initiatives, and public safety incidents.

This episode covers the intensifying 2026 primaries in North Carolina, highlighting key political races and recent economic developments including job creation and infrastructure investments.

This episode covers North Carolina's political primaries, economic developments, and local crime incidents, including shootings and government initiatives like energy rebates and youth apprenticeships.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein sues over control of the state elections board while the state faces a budget deadlock and primary election season, with additional coverage on economic investments and community developments.

This episode discusses North Carolina's December challenges, including a budget stalemate affecting teacher raises, political tensions with primary challenges and voting district battles, alongside an economic boom with record job creation and investments.

North Carolina is advancing economic growth through a $43 million rural investment creating 206 jobs and expanding UNC-Chapel Hill's campus, while managing budget delays and upcoming elections.

This episode covers North Carolina's 2026 primary election results, education funding for charter schools, significant business growth with job creation, and upcoming legislative priorities.

This episode covers North Carolina's proposed property tax cap amendment, Google's $1 billion AI data center expansion, and Duke University's $203 million local growth initiative, highlighting economic developments in the state.

This episode covers North Carolina's political tensions, including Senate races and the SAVE Act, alongside its economic success with top business rankings, major investments from companies like Google, and developments in education and public safety.

This episode covers North Carolina's economic and political developments, including Google's $1 billion data center expansion, property tax reform efforts, small business recovery grants post-Hurricane Helene, and new business openings across the state.

This episode covers the UNC basketball team's upset loss in the NCAA tournament, sparking debate over coach Hubert Davis, alongside North Carolina political issues including property tax caps, school funding challenges, and education budget cuts.

This episode covers a major political upset in North Carolina where longtime Republican State Senate leader Phil Berger lost his primary to Sheriff Sam Page by 23 votes, alongside updates on education funding, infrastructure projects, and economic developments in the state.

This episode examines North Carolina's economic growth through manufacturing and pharmaceutical investments while addressing challenges like Medicaid reductions, budget pressures, and rural recovery efforts.

This episode covers North Carolina's budget stalemate and protests against policies, alongside economic growth from infrastructure projects and business influxes.

North Carolina faces a fiscal crisis due to scheduled tax cuts threatening education and infrastructure funding, despite economic growth and new workforce initiatives.

This episode analyzes the North Carolina Senate primaries where former Governor Roy Cooper won the Democratic nomination and former RNC Chair Michael Whatley secured the Republican nomination, setting up a crucial 2024 showdown to replace retiring Senator Tom Tillis.

This episode covers North Carolina's economic growth driven by Google's billion-dollar investment and top business rankings, alongside political gridlock on the state budget and education funding developments.

North Carolina remains the only state without an approved budget, facing urgent issues like Medicaid funding and state employee salaries as the legislature approaches an April deadline amid political pressures.

This episode covers North Carolina's recovery from a historic winter storm alongside its economic successes, including record job commitments, capital investments, tourism growth, and government initiatives in workforce training and behavioral health.

This episode highlights North Carolina's economic growth through over $14 billion in business investments and workforce innovation initiatives, including major projects from companies like Johnson & Johnson and Amazon, and educational programs from the community college system.

This episode covers North Carolina's recent developments in education policy, including a cell phone ban in schools and school construction funding, along with economic indicators and upcoming bicentennial celebrations.

This episode covers North Carolina's start to 2026, highlighting new laws on gender and regulations, budget tensions, top-ranked workforce development, economic investments, and education initiatives.

This episode covers North Carolina's top ranking in workforce development for 2026, highlighting economic achievements like capital investment and job growth, along with legislative updates and new state laws.

This episode covers North Carolina's economic growth through major investments like Johnson & Johnson's new facility alongside political challenges including budget delays and legislative disputes in early 2026.

This episode discusses North Carolina's political and policy challenges in 2026, including budget gridlock, healthcare issues like whooping cough and measles, alongside economic growth and education and infrastructure developments.

This episode covers North Carolina's 2025 economic growth with significant job announcements, political redistricting efforts, ongoing state budget delays impacting education and healthcare, and community developments including federal funding and school challenges.

This episode covers North Carolina's budget challenges, including Medicaid funding disputes and rural development initiatives under Governor Josh Stein.

This episode covers North Carolina's economic developments including job expansions, philanthropic donations, and policy shifts amid mild winter conditions.

North Carolina faces a budget impasse and Medicaid funding crisis in 2025, impacting healthcare and legal services, while economic indicators remain strong due to business investments.

North Carolina enters 2026 with new laws on gender identity and adoption, sparking political debate.

North Carolina concluded 2025 with significant economic developments, including over 23,000 jobs announced through programs like Jet Zero's expansion in Greensboro.

This episode examines North Carolina's 2024 landscape, highlighting record economic investments and job growth alongside political shifts and new legislation affecting public safety, social supports, and education.

North Carolina ends 2025 with CNBC naming it America's best for business for the third time in four years, citing job growth from companies like Citigroup and Amazon.

North Carolina set a record with over 714,000 early voters in the 2026 midterm primary, a 25% increase from 2022.