More assistance is needed "to both rebuild the economy and maintain essential services in education, health care, emergency operations, public safety and more," groups, led by the National Governors Association, wrote this week.

Women may account for more than 55% of unemployment claims filed between mid-March and April 4, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.

Just 22% of North Carolina voters approve of the job Republican Sen. Richard Burr is doing.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest seems to be putting the financial success of businesses ahead of the health and safety of his residents.

Many lawmakers now calling for additional CDC funds to address the coronavirus outbreak voted in 2017 to repeal Obamacare, which would have cut hundreds of millions from the agency's budget to fight public health crises.