North Carolina

Bipartisan bills advancing through the North Carolina House and Senate would require school districts to create their own restrictions for cellphone use during class.

North Carolina girls in grades nine through 12 can apply for a summer mentorship with women state government leaders who work in STEM-based positions in nine departments.

Matthew McLamb will step in as geographic information officer for the state. Formerly assistant director of the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, he will now also serve as its executive director.

With over 187,000 residents, Cary is working to expand services to serve its growing community, and so far, this includes some minor uses of new, emerging artificial intelligence technologies.

Federal COVID-19 relief initially provided the funding source to equip students with Chromebooks and other devices to use at home and school. Absent those dollars, many entities can’t afford their replacement.

The state CIO, who is also secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology, will retire Dec. 31. State Attorney General Josh Stein, who was elected governor Nov. 5, has reportedly nominated a successor.

Helene’s floods and mudslides damaged at least 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, according to null, displacing many of the people who live in some communities.

North Carolina's first bachelor's degree in AI will allow students to enroll in one of two concentrations: Advanced AI Systems, through the College of Engineering, and Applied AI in the College of Science and Technology.

Once several were damaged, local officials decided they needed to clarify what these sensors were and weren’t. Last year, the town posted a small sign beneath many clarifying their function.

A HAZMAT communications team from Fairfield County, Conn., has been working for two weeks to help restore communications systems along with distributing much-needed supplies to the community.

Next-generation 911 with the resilience of a modern, digital, Internet protocol-based network was essential to North Carolina’s storm response. It enabled officials to answer nearly 90,000 emergency calls in three days.

Puerto Rico faces earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. North Carolina was hard-hit by Hurricane Helene. Through it all, government needs to keep critical digital services running. Here’s how they do it.

The police department in Zebulon, N.C., rolled out its Community Advocacy and Resource Enhancement unit last month, the only program of its kind in North Carolina.

Hundreds of police officers, firefighters and emergency workers from North Carolina’s Triangle area are packing in food and supplies for their emotionally fatigued counterparts in the state’s western mountains.

The nonprofit is expanding its state tax filing tool, which is integrated with the IRS’ current Direct File program, to Maryland and North Carolina in 2025. The move is estimated to reach more than 700,000 residents.

The state has chosen the first places that will receive government grants to install electric vehicle chargers under a federal program that aims to fill in gaps in North Carolina’s charging network.

Even after learning the game wasn't catching on, the Republican-controlled House continued sending millions to Plasma Games, in which the wife of an influential Republican chief justice holds a substantial investment.

A report assessed two North Carolina projects piloting low-speed autonomous shuttles, stood up by partners including the state Department of Transportation. It found the vehicles still have significant limitations.