Gov. Josh Stein visited Charlotte to tour the Smith Family Foundation’s Behavioral Health Urgent Care, emphasizing the importance of mental health treatment and crisis services. The facility focuses on individuals with mental illness or substance use disorders. During a walkthrough, Stein said lawmakers in Raleigh need to fund Medicaid.

Immigration agents over the weekend arrested more than 130 immigrants accused of being in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

After months of House Republicans avoiding a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the bill passes a floor vote and heads to the Senate.

For nearly 90 years, the party of the nation’s president has lost seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 20 of 22 midterm elections.

Part of the recently passed Senate spending bill, intended to reopen the government, proposes a ban on the sale of many hemp-derived THC products by lowering the allowable THC limit to 0.4 milligrams.

Another candidate has announced he is running for the District 1 seat in the North Carolina Senate next year. That district is currently represented by Bobby Hanig, but it opened up when Hanig

Homeland Security responded to him on social media with Castillo-Chavez. The post read, “Castillo-Chavez is a criminal illegal alien from Costa Rica. His criminal history includes indecent liberties with child, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and solicitation of a child by a computer. North Carolina refused to hand him over to ICE.”

October is a festive month in North Carolina. But if you were thinking of having a balloon release to celebrate, you might want to rethink it.