GOP to gain majority in Senate
On an action-packed Election Day, Republicans rode a national wave of discontent with President Barack Obama to gain a majority in the U.S. Senate.
Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Daily Tar Heel's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query. You can also try a Basic search
28 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
On an action-packed Election Day, Republicans rode a national wave of discontent with President Barack Obama to gain a majority in the U.S. Senate.
A top North Carolina lawmaker says he wants to protect the religious freedom of state officials to refuse issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race remains a virtual tossup between Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican Thom Tillis — but UNC junior Noah Lieberman believes he has developed a way to predict the outcome.
CLARIFICATION: Due to a reporting error, a previous version of this story did not fully explain Gov. Pat McCrory's opposition to the presence of guns at the N.C. State Fair. McCrory agrees with the conclusion reached by N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, who said he will enforce the fair's no-gun policy. The story has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
By emphasizing issues like student debt and voting rights, the Democratic Party is hoping to brand itself as the party of young voters this election season.
North Carolina has continued to climb out of the recession in the past year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce — a hopeful sign for students that the job market is becoming increasingly viable.
Even now that the N.C. General Assembly’s short session has come to a close, activists are getting fired up — and they will return Friday to the streets of Raleigh to protest the actions of the legislature.
UNC’s on-campus political organizations are jumping into the fray as the fall’s midterm campaigns get underway.
At the end of this week’s Moral Monday protest, some participants were not done being heard.
Moral Monday protesters traded shouted words for taped mouths inside the North Carolina legislative building.
Last week, a federal grand jury decided in favor of a UNC-Wilmington associate professor who sued the university for infringing on his First Amendment rights.
New leaders and fresh internal reforms are on the agenda for this weekend’s UNC-system Association of Student Governments meeting at Winston-Salem State University.
When a professor scans part of a textbook, uploads a video or posts some readings on Sakai, copyright experts say they are stepping into a legal gray area.
Eight months later, the 57 Moral Monday protesters who were arrested on May 20 had their charges dropped.
The Moral Monday protests that swept Raleigh last year have spread beyond North Carolina’s borders into neighboring states, broadening the grassroots push into a regional movement.
The kids of Northside Elementary School were in for a treat Friday afternoon when eight volunteers from UNC came to join them for a fun afternoon of arts and crafts.
Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt has an ambitious plan for an overhaul of Town Hall after this summer’s flooding caused heavy damage to the building.
Five businesses in Southern Village suffered thousands of dollars of damage from a string of burglaries early Thursday morning — and Chapel Hill police have arrested a man in connection with the burglaries.
With less than a week until Election Day, The Daily Tar Heel spoke with the Chapel Hill Town Council candidates to discuss major issues facing the council. Election Day is Nov. 5.
With less than a week until Election Day, The Daily Tar Heel spoke with the Chapel Hill Town Council candidates to discuss major issues facing the council. Election Day is Nov. 5.