Missing is a new state budget. Decisions on that, Medicaid funding and other major spending issues will carry over into next year.

Here's a look at several new bills that become law on Jan. 1, 2026.

Several new laws and rule changes take effect in North Carolina in January, covering everything from prescription drugs to ...

A new North Carolina law that strictly defines individual sexes as either male or female will go into effect on Thursday, Jan ...

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Chyna Taylor, 16, played in Louisville co-ed leagues before she earned a Team USA roster spot and committed to play college ...

Religious conservatives waged a 50-year battle to deny the rights of gay and lesbian people, especially the right to marry.

From volunteers who fed flood survivors in Texas to the Decatur woman who served in an all-Black female battalion in World ...

Chloe Cole explains faith's role in her life: "Our identity is not in what we think ourselves to be, it's in who God has ...

Starting this week, sex in North Carolina will be defined only as male and female. It’s part of a law that’s already in ...

Starting this week, sex in North Carolina will be defined only as male and female. It’s part of a law that’s already in ...

According to a 2024 survey by the Trevor Project, 45% of transgender and nonbinary youth in Florida “seriously considered ...