One seat. That's all GOP lawmakers need for a supermajority. They just need to convince a Democrat to break with their party. But who?

Republican lawmakers may be feeling a bit of déjà vu. As they head into the new legislative session on Wednesday, they are ...

Seventh-term Wayne County Republican John Bell has been tapped by and to succeed Destin Hall as the chairman of the powerful ...

Krishana Polite, Robinson’s deputy chief of staff, was shot in the neck outside a Winston-Salem church after attending a New ...

GOP State Sen. Vickie Sawyer and state Rep. Tricia Cotham joined the majority of the delegation Monday at a legislative briefing hosted by the Charlotte City Council largely focused on getting a ...

Sawyer will be leading the effort in the Senate. Representatives Tricia Cotham and Becky Carney will be leading the charge in the North Carolina House. There has been pushback against the transit ...

The proposed Red Line will run connect uptown to Davidson. It will use the existing Norfolk Southern rail line, which runs through an industrial area along North Graham Street.

Charlotte City Council hosts a state legislative briefing at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in Uptown. Photo: Alexandria Sands/Axios ...

Next to him is new Majority Leader Brenden Jones. Rep. Tricia Cotham, who changed parties from Democrat to Republican in 2023, moved a few rows closer to the front.

One of the most striking stories was that of Tricia Cotham, who decided to change parties after the 2022 elections, going from being a Democrat to a Republican. Cotham kept her seat. In leadership, ...