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The new NC DHHS secretary might lack political experience, but he has a history of managing complex organizations.

New Gov. Josh Stein is calling on GOP lawmakers to work with him on issues like education, Helene recovery and combating fentanyl abuse. He made his inaugural address Saturday afternoon in a televised event that was scaled back due to winter weather.

Stein has been the attorney general for the past eight years, following Cooper in the elected law-enforcement post that Cooper himself had held for the 16 years previous.

Democrat Josh Stein has already sued to block legislative Republicans from taking away his powers

Stein is keeping multiple members of current Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet, but some will be moving to different agencies. He's also appointing the state's first Latino and Indian-American Cabinet members.

North Carolina House Republicans have enacted legislation that erodes some powers of several statewide offices newly-elected Democrats are slated to hold next month. Lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.

Senate leader Phil Berger is defending legislation that Democrats consider a partisan power grab, as the bill passed the Senate Wednesday and heads to the governor.

Republican state lawmakers want to strip power from Gov.-elect Josh Stein and other newly elected Democratic state officials, including by shifting oversight of elections from the governor’s appointees to the new Republican state auditor.

Final ballot counts, the incoming Governor's office, what's next for Roy Cooper, the UNC could implement protest policy system-wide all on Due South's North Carolina ¹ÏÉñapp Roundup.

A campaign committee that raised nearly $40 million to elect Democrats to Council of State positions provided no funding to three of the party’s candidates for those offices — who ultimately lost even as Josh Stein won the governor’s race in a landslide.