Gov. Josh Stein said the agency overcounted the total impact of long-term vacancies by hundreds of millions of dollars.

North Carolina can save hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating state government jobs that have been vacant for six ...

A new audit into the North Carolina Education Lottery reveals lotto ticket sales surged in 2025 but payments to public ...

Fittingly, given the business it operates, the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) cited “luck of the draw” in responding ...

An audit of the North Carolina Education Lottery is raising tough questions, after the audit found that money towards public ...

The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor’s new Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency has uploaded a ...

"The public deserves specific answers as to exactly why the lottery has been able to generate that much more money. Yet they ...

North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek gives a report from his department during the Council of State meeting on Tuesday, February, 4, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. State Auditor Dave Boliek’s June 4 “rapid ...

State Auditor Dave Boliek looked back at some of the findings his department announced in 2025, which include deeper dives ...

The report came from the newly created DAVE division, which has been compared to DOGE and is tasked with recommending job cuts in state government.

State Auditor Jessica Holmes, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper in November 2023, is seeking a full four-year term. Bob Drach, a Libertarian, is also running. Six Republicans are running in the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The former director of the North Carolina Republican Party has a new role: election oversight for the state auditor’s office. Dallas ...