The chairs of House and Senate budget subcommittees will meet soon to start hashing out the minutiae of the spending plan.

Old articles in The News & Observer from the planning and grand opening of the building – built because the legislature’s chambers at the historic Capitol were too small – offer some fun facts about the place.

Budget talks between top House and Senate leaders have been under way for weeks behind closed doors, but more details could begin emerging this week.

Senate Democrats want to use the state’s revenue surplus to temporarily suspend the gas tax, but they might not have buy-in from GOP leadership.

N.C. Senate Democrats are proposing sales tax holidays as a way to help with rising prices.

The first day of the short session meant the opening of a relatively short bill filing window. Many of the bills filed Wednesday were appropriations bills, unlikely to move on their own but an attempt to get some allocations included in budget discussions.

Flush with a big surplus as lawmakers start to develop a budget, House Speaker Tim Moore floated the idea of “further tax relief” on Wednesday as the legislature’s short session kicked off.

It’s overshadowed by Tuesday’s primary for the moment, but the legislature’s short session officially begins at noon on Wednesday.

The N.C. Department of Commerce announced a trio of economic development deals this week, each promising more than 100 new jobs.

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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission has been cracking down on out-of-state online alcohol retailers who have been shipping liquor to North Carolina customers. It might seem like a minor regulatory violation, but state law actually makes it a felony.

Buildings at a state-run historic site near Greensboro are featured on a list of “America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”

North Carolina is joining the Military Spouse Transition Network to help state employees who move between states because of their spouse’s redeployment in the military, the Office of State Human Resources announced last week.