Republican Ralph Alvarado, who made history as Kentucky's first Hispanic state legislator but then left to become Tennessee's ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — In an early preview of a potential 2028 presidential campaign, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear hit the road across South Carolina this week, testing a message focused on how to grow the ...

Although the tax cuts for the wealthy take effect in 2025 and 2026, the deep cuts to safety-net programs that slash $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next decade won’t start causing pain until ...

Five takeaways from the latest campaign fundraising reports: Totals raise questions about two key senators Fundraising ...

As key GOP and Democratic candidates make final decisions about entering North Carolina’s open 2026 US Senate race, a new survey conducted by American Majority-Action, reveals a pathway for conservati ...

WFAE's Marshall Terry and WRAL's Paul Specht are fact-checking two claims. The first is related to an expansion of internet ...

Here’s the question of vital interest to everyone in western North Carolina put before two of our federal lawmakers: In casting your vote, what did you think will be the impact of the so-called One ...

Typical for a purple state, North Carolina’s two major political parties are neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot in voter ...

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics ...

From Democrats landing top-tier recruits in critical races, to Republicans in competitive races retiring or forgoing bids, to ...