General Assembly's establishment of the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors ("NCLBGC"). Due to the shortcomings of unscrupulous or underqualified contractors, the legislature sought ...

Proceeds from a catastrophe bond is helping officials fund grant programs along the coast that help homeowners install more ...

In her ruling, Judge Immergut said the President Trump's lawyers failed to support his claim that a deployment is needed to protect federal agents from violent protests. Oregon’s Justice Department ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — Attorneys for North Carolina’s Governor Josh Stein and Republican leadership argued before the state court of appeals Tuesday over whether the state constitution protects Stein’s ...

NEWPORT — The 2025 hurricane season is the first since the state’s building code reinstated standards for residential docks and piers. In an effort to help local governments and coastal property ...

(Back row: left to right) Austin Tart, James Sanders, Todd Barbee, Russell Reeves, Allen Cook, and Michael Piper. (Front row) Andy House, Stacy Strickland, Preston Batten, Shane Hudson, and Josh ...

In a decisive move to bolster health services and infrastructure within North Carolina, Governor Stein has affixed his signature to a suite of six legislative measures. Among the bills now cemented ...

As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage across the state, a new addition may be coming to California’s building code: A pause ...

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Gov. Josh Stein has nominated Russell Williams of Alamance County to the North Carolina Building Code Council as a representative of code-enforcement officials employed by municipalities or counties.