Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. Gov. Josh Stein takes the oath of office ...

Protecting women's rights, particularly around reproductive freedoms, was a key focus of Stein's 2024 campaign for governor. He positioned himself in stark contrast with the Republican-led state ...

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 ...