One potential outcome of the House Select Committee on Advancing Women in STEM’s work could come in next year’s budget: Wednesday’s meeting hinted at possible funding for programs that get more young people interested in STEM fields.

The conservative North State Journal publication had an eye-popping statistic recently: The state has spent $2,569,459 on repairs and renovations to the governor’s mansion since Gov. Roy Cooper took office at the beginning of 2017.

Speaking of staff-related challenges, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services also heard Tuesday about a “fiscal cliff” that could affect child care centers next year.

State Auditor Beth Wood is faulting N.C. A&T State University for failing to get competing bids for a facility painting contract. Wood’s office got involved after receiving a tip about the university’s relationship with G.S. Painting and Home Improvement.

As labor shortages continue, lawmakers got an update Wednesday on a $12 million infusion of funds to the state’s apprenticeship program included in last year’s budget.

State leaders will sign off on the creation of a new state forest this morning, as well as a key property purchase for the newest state park.

It wasn’t that long ago that North Carolina had something of an inferiority complex to its southern neighbor, repeatedly losing out on automotive and other major manufacturing jobs deals to South Carolina.

Speaking of Cooper and the state’s influx of federal funding, the governor spent Tuesday afternoon in the tiny Sampson County community known as Ivanhoe. He was there to promote a project you don’t often see: The creation of a brand new water distribution system to serve a rural community.

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The N.C. Local Government Commission declined to support a public-private development partnership that aimed to reshape a downtown Wilmington block that houses the city’s main library.

Should lawmakers go ahead and finalize congressional and legislative districts for the 2024 elections? That’s the suggestion that Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, D-Wake, made during a news conference Wednesday.

State Budget Director Charlie Perusse will retire in November after serving Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration since he took office. Cooper announced Monday that Perusse will be succeeded by his chief deputy state budget director, Kristin Walker.

State legislators will likely take at least part of the credit for keeping the ACC from moving its headquarters to Orlando.