Protecting women's rights, particularly around reproductive freedoms, was a key focus of Stein's 2024 campaign for governor.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn into office on Wednesday, as Josh ... Stein, 58, grew up in Charlotte and Chapel Hill, the son of a noted civil rights ...

Josh Stein unveiled new measures on Thursday that ... The GOP-dominated state legislature passed and overrode Cooper’s veto of a law banning most abortions after 12 weeks in 2023.

Josh Stein ordered state agencies ... such as driving someone to get an abortion. Stein repeated that order but also added that state law enforcement officers now may not arrest anyone who is ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s latest Democratic governor was sworn into office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded Roy ... following Cooper in the elected law-enforcement post.