Sen. Dan Blue is now the swing voter in the Senate to watch.

Nickel joined the WUNC Politics Podcast this week to talk about how he plans to take on incumbent Republican Sen. Thom Tillis ...

North Carolina lawmakers took the first public step toward a new $32.6 billion state budget Monday when state Senate leaders ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is promising Senate Democrats will retake control of the upper chamber in 2026 despite ...

North Carolina trial judges have struck down an attempt by Republican state lawmakers to shift power away from the governor ...

Provisions in the senate budget would repeal NC’s hospital capacity regulation laws, trim vacant state jobs and increase ...

North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state that spends less than what the ...

The 2025 Appropriations Act, known also as Senate Bill 257, is to be heard first in the Appropriations/Base Budget Committee.

A number of amendments failed, including one proposed by a Republican to block his party’s proposal to charge a toll on ...

The Senate budget bill will be voted on this week, with the House budget to follow in May. Here are the proposed raises.