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Public universities can no longer consider race in admissions, a practice known as affirmative action, following a 6-3 decision released by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday morning.
On Friday, the state Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina's Republican lawmakers acted unconstitutionally in two voting rights cases involving voter ID and gerrymandering.
Chris Blue, Chapel Hill’s outgoing police chief, was unanimously appointed by the Chapel Hill Town Council as the interim town manager at a special meeting Wednesday.
Chapel Hill's Town Manager, Maurice Jones, is stepping down from his position effective Dec. 31, according to a Tuesday morning press release from the Town of Chapel Hill.
On Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a case that resulted from what lower courts saw as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering by the North Carolina General Assembly and that could impact the future of redistricting across the country.
Republicans have reclaimed a majority of the North Carolina Supreme Court with the election of Judge Richard Dietz to Seat 3 and Trey Allen to Seat 5.
According to unofficial results, Republicans are one seat shy of retaking a supermajority in the N.C. General Assembly, which would have given them the power to override a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
The N.C. Supreme Court upheld a lower court's order today along party lines that required hundreds of millions of dollars to be allocated for public education.
The North Carolina State Fair is back — for the 154th time.
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A racially gerrymandered legislature cannot propose amendments to the North Carolina Constitution, according to an Aug. 19 ruling from the N.C. Supreme Court.
A potential crisis diversion center in Orange County hit one of its first major milestones on Aug. 12, as architectural firms and crisis service providers submitted applications for their roles in the project.
Following a March ruling from the Wake County Superior Court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals officially expanded voting rights on July 27 to tens of thousands of North Carolinians with felony convictions who are not in jail or prison.
The 2022 midterm elections are less than four months away, and races for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and the N.C. General Assembly are all without incumbents for Orange County voters.
The Chapel Hill Police Department Crisis Unit recently hired Laverne Burton as its first peer support specialist. She began in the role on June 13.
In 2020, after several years of working with Best Buddies, Jacklyn Boheler set out to cultivate more natural and visible relationships between people of all abilities.
A year ago, average national gas prices hovered around $3 per gallon. This month, gas stations across the country displayed the highest average prices ever recorded.
Just one month ago, Jillian Dempsey’s 19-month-old son had never been inside a grocery store. He couldn’t reliably wear a mask at such a young age, and Dempsey, a chemistry professor at UNC, said she didn’t feel safe potentially exposing her unvaccinated child to COVID-19.
Several offices representing Orange County are up for grabs in the 2022 midterm general election, including in the U.S. House of Representatives and the North Carolina General Assembly.
