Governor Josh Stein

North Carolina led the nation in fourth-quarter employment gains in 2025.

Since January 2025, we’ve announced more than 37,000 new jobs and more than $26 billion in economic development investment – the best year for job announcements in state history. Let’s keep up North Carolina’s momentum!

YouTube video by Governor Josh Stein Governor and First Lady Stein Read Across America 2026

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📚It was Book Character Day at Green Magnet Elementary School. Thanks for sharing your favorite book characters with Anna and me!

While we’ve got lots of work still to do, we are making progress in our Hurricane Helene recovery, and I look forward to continue working with federal partners to get western NC the resources needed for rebuilding.

GOOD NEWS: Nearly $70 million in FEMA funds will be coming to reimburse local governments in Avery, Buncombe, and Yancey counties.

It was an honor to be with members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated today in Raleigh. I look forward to continuing to work together in the fight for policies that will build a safer and stronger North Carolina.

YouTube video by Governor Josh Stein Governor Stein Visits Bluford STEM Academy

Our public schools open doors of opportunity for our students, and we must continue to make sure our kids received an excellent education.

We’re getting ready for the FIFA World Cup, and North Carolina is proud to welcome the Scottish, Norwegian, and German men’s national soccer teams this summer!

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I was proud to join this celebration of Lumbee federal recognition!

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NC is committed to creating more pathways to health care careers, and I urge the Department of Education to reconsider.

By 2038, North Carolina will need an additional 25,710 nurses to meet the demands of our rapidly growing state. Right now, we should be doing everything we can to attract health care workers. Instead, this proposed rule will impede our efforts to expand nursing education across NC.

We are seeing a nationwide nursing shortage, and the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rule to exclude nursing degrees from the definition of professional degrees could exacerbate this issue in North Carolina.

That’s why my budget request to the General Assembly includes expanding the Science of Reading curriculum to more grades and the Advanced Teaching Roles initiative.

Anna and I stopped by Ms. Winnix’s second grade class at Green Magnet Elementary for Read Across America Day.

Investing in the future of North Carolina means investing in our kids and making sure they have the resources they need to excel in the classroom and beyond.

I join all of North Carolina in mourning the three American service members who died in the Iran attacks. Anna and I are praying for their families. May the memories of these heroes be a blessing.

Please join me in keeping his loved ones and the law enforcement community in our thoughts and prayers. May his memory be a blessing.

Overnight, North Carolina suffered a tragedy when another state trooper was killed in the line of duty in a traffic crash. Master Trooper Steven Perry dedicated his career to keeping people in Durham County safe.

The people of western North Carolina deserve our level best, and I remain committed to working alongside our federal and state partners to accelerate their recovery.

I continue to urge DHS both to act swiftly to ensure local governments receive quick reimbursements for storm-related expenses and to approve the buyouts of people’s property in the flood zones.

I’d like to thank our federal partners, particularly the North Carolina Congressional delegation, for their work to unstick this much-needed assistance.

Today North Carolina received more than $90 million in FEMA reimbursements that will help replenish the depleted coffers of local governments in western North Carolina working to rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

As we commemorate 250 years of these United States, let’s remember that our strength lies in working together to live up those ideals. A great future lies ahead for NC and the United States.

📢US Forged Rings will invest up to $875 million to create 625 new jobs in Hertford County.

These jobs will drive economic growth in northeast NC and serve as a testament to our top-notch workforce. Welcome to Team North Carolina!

YouTube video by Governor Josh Stein Governor and First Lady Stein Vote In the 2026 Primary

Grab your ID and make a plan to vote on or before the Tuesday, March 3rd primary.

You still have time to register and vote in-person by visiting an early voting site in your county through this Saturday, February 28th. Check your county board of elections for early voting locations and hours.

It’s an honor to continue to tackle this and other critical issues at this year’s Emerging Issues Forum. The forum, a vision of the late Gov. Jim Hunt, began 40 years ago as a way to bring together people from a variety of perspectives to build a safer, stronger, and more resilient North Carolina.

We need clean, reliable water for drinking, growing crops, manufacturing, and generating electricity. That’s why it’s so important to work together to make sure North Carolina has access to clean and reliable water.

If we believe our kids are our future, we must invest in public schools. It’s past time the General Assembly invested in a fiscally responsible budget that puts our kids first.

Last year, North Carolina public school students:

🎓Had the highest graduation rate in state history
✏️Outpaced the country’s growth on AP tests taken and passed
👷Earned a record number of industry-recognized workforce credentials