Officials are encouraging residents to take steps to prepare for extreme weather ahead of hurricane season. New data shows flood and wind risk is changing in the state.

Inland homes at risk for high winds, flooding during hurricane season. Here's what you can do now.

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More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

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From fruitless speaker votes to recurring threats of government shutdowns, the 118th Congress has had its share of challenges. But is it also the least productive Congress in history?

Fact check: Is this Congress the 'least productive' in modern history? 

PolitiFact: Mostly True

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said at an Oct. 28 event: "In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for."

Fact check: Kevin McCarthy says U.S. 'never asked for land' after wars

Vote Looms as Jordan Presses Ahead Despite Opposition

Interim U.S. House Speaker Patrick McHenry of North Carolina is poised to lead his fractured party through the election of a permanent chamber leader starting this week. Why one Democratic colleague thinks he's the right leader for the moment, and how the beer they're brewing together offers a glimmer of bipartisanship in a time of division. 

From 'hellraiser' to House speaker: Why NC's Patrick McHenry is charged with calming the GOP chaos

Treasury Expects to Run Out of Cash by June 5

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Oct. 5

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Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: McCarthy's leadership legacy

WASHINGTON -- Moments after the House voted to boot Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the speaker, one of his closest confidants, Rep. Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina, stepped up to the dais to take the gavel as the interim speaker.

What Can Patrick McHenry, the Interim Speaker, Do?

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 -- With two votes, U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop has shown his personal ideological agenda is more important than the critical needs and best interests of North Carolina and the nation. Bishop is a key player in creating the dysfunction in Congress and the nation suffers for it.

Editorial: NC's Bishop achieves dysfunction he's fostered

U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.

<p>AND WHICH TOP RAIN CHANCES. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW AT 5. A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. THE UNITED STATES. &gt;&gt; THE HOUSE SPEAKER HAS BEEN VOTED OUT AND A NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE WILL TAKE THE POSITION FOR NOW. &gt;&gt; HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD OWENS. BIG NEWS TODAY. THAT HISTORIC VOTE COMING DOWN IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES. LET'S GET OVER TO MARK BOYLE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. MARK. &gt;&gt; THE REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK MCHENRY, HE IS APPOINTED SPEAKER PRO TEM GOING FORWARD. THAT JUST ANNOUNCED A SHORT TIME AGO. THESE ARE SOME LIVE PICTURES COMING IN THERE FROM THE GROUND IN DC WE HEARD FROM MATT GAETZ JUST AFTER THIS VOTE. I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT IT WAS LIKE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR JUST MOMENTS AGO. TAKE A LISTEN. &gt;&gt; ON THIS VOTE. THE YEAS ARE 2.16. THE NAYS. OUR TO 10, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS HEREBY DECLARED VACANT. &gt;&gt; SO THE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY IN RECESS. COMMITTEES ARE MEETING THE CONFERENCE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO NEXT AND WHAT THINGS WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THIS HISTORIC VOTE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. LET'S PULL UP THE STATEMENT, BUT REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE COMING INTO THE LIVES IN A VERY QUICKLY, DEBORAH ROSS SAYING FORMER SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY HAS FAILED TO LEAD HIS PARTY AND THIS BODY IN A WAY THAT LIVES UP TO THE FUNDING IDEALS, FOUNDING IDEALS, RATHER OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. HE BROUGHT ABOUT HIS OWN DEMISE BY CAVING TO THE MOST EXTREME MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY AGAIN AND AGAIN, THAT FROM DEBORAH ROSS AND THE LIVE CENTER IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES AS WELL. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM NOW. FORMER SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY DIRECTLY AFTER THIS VOTE. WE EXPECT THAT COULD HAPPEN SHORTLY. WILL MONITOR THESE MAJOR</p>

Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote

Kevin McCarthy removed as house speaker in historic vote

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry will serve as speaker pro tempore until the House votes to select a permanent speaker following the removal of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the chamber's top leadership position.