North Carolina joins at least 20 other states that will raise flags from half-staff on Jan. 20, President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day.

Gov. Josh Stein has asked FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to extend the agency’s Transition Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for eligible North Carolinians for an additional six months. After a presidentially-declared disaster,

North Carolina's governor signed an executive order protecting reproductive health care, ensuring freedom to patients seeking abortions.

The governor also said he has concerns with pregnancy crisis centers, arguing that there have been instances of those organizations providing women with false information,

Protecting women's rights, particularly around reproductive freedoms, was a key focus of Stein's 2024 campaign for governor. He positioned himself in stark contrast with the Republican-led state legislature,

▪ Seth Dearmin, chief of staff: Stein is keeping his chief of staff from the N.C. Department of Justice, when Stein was attorney general. Dearmin had been chief of staff at DOJ since 2017, and before that ran Stein’s 2016 attorney general campaign.

Gov. Josh Stein has canceled his inaugural ceremony and other related events planned for this weekend due to forecasts of winter storms that are expected to hit Raleigh overnight Friday.

For some politicians, the rise to political power is meteoric and surprising. Donald Trump’s sudden ascent from conspiracy-theory-peddling reality TV host to the presidency is undoubtedly the most notable example of this phenomenon,

Stein was sworn in on Jan. 1, taking the reins from Roy Cooper after defeating Mark Robinson in the November election.

Stein also promised to fight for public education, teacher pay raises and to tackle the fentanyl crisis. And like his predecessor Roy Cooper, Stein will have to contend with a Republican legislature seeking to limit his power. However, he'll have a fellow Democrat as Lieutenant Governor and the GOP narrowly lost its supermajority.

All in-person inaugural celebrations were postponed due to inclement weather conditions, as the Triangle saw its first significant snow in nearly three years. The event was broadcast live to North Carolina residents.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein delivered his inaugural address on Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. from the House Chamber of the Capitol Building in Raleigh.Title: Gov. St