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John Sanders discusses strategies for NC budget cuts

By Elizabeth Johnson | March 14

Former UNC School of Government Director John Sanders, who also helped reorganize and revise the state’s constitution in 1968, studied documents from ...

UNC system ups lobbying efforts in face of budget cuts

By Daniel Wiser | March 13

Already beleaguered by years of budget cuts and facing morerumored to go as high as 12 percent, UNC-system officials are upping their lobbying efforts. The ...

Republican-led General Assembly ready to redistrict

By Madeline Will | March 3

Census data released for the state Wednesday will kick start a legislative power that could give Republicans the political advantage for many years.

NC Republicans may flip Board of Governors to the right

By Jessica Seaman | March 3

With the terms of 16 UNC-system Board of Governors’ members ending this year, Republican legislators might use this opportunity to flip the Democrat-leaning ...

Republicans Push for Anti-Gay Legislation in N.C.

By Elizabeth Johnson | February 24

Following the introduction of a bill in the N.C. General Assembly that would ban gay marriage in the state, many opponents of the legislation are relieved ...

GOP legislators look to alter Perdue’s budget proposal

By Jessica Seaman | February 23

Gov. Bev Perdue can expect some changes to her budget proposal as Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly prepare to take an active role in shaping ...

For-profit institutions to be licensed by the state

By Madeline Will | February 22

Public universities across the state are gearing up for competition from for-profit institutions.The UNC-system Board of Governors has been charged by ...

Perdue addresses education in State of the State

By Madeline Will | February 14

N.C. Governor Bev Perdue focused on improving the education system in her second State of the State address — her first to the Republican-controlled ...

N.C. student government leaders visit N.C. General Assembly

By Seth Cline | February 9

As drastic budget cuts loom, student government leaders from across the state beset the N.C. General Assembly Wednesday to plead for minimal cuts to the ...

UNC-system students to rally against budget cuts at General Assembly

By Isabella Cochrane | February 8

Students from across the state are gathering at the N.C. General Assembly today to lobby legislators for minimal cuts to the UNC-system’s budget.

North Carolina’s proposed budget could be vetoed

By Kristen McAvoy | February 6

Some legislators believe that to make up for the $3.7 billion shortfall, state legislators might approve a budget with cuts so deep that Gov. Bev. Perdue ...

Merit-based aid funding at risk

By Keren Goldshlager | January 25

At a meeting Tuesday, the Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Student Aid discussed a potential repeal by the N.C. General Assembly that could make ...

For first time in over 100 years, General Assembly reconvenes with Republican majority

By Elise Young | January 25

The N.C. General Assembly reconvenes today with a new Republican leadership ready to tackle a $3.7 budget shortfall and a number of contentious issues ...

ABC store privatization possible

By Madeline Will | January 24

Alcohol sales in North Carolina have been under state control for 74 years. But a Republican-led N.C. General Assembly could approve legislation to privatize ...

Board to review tuition proposals

By Tarini Parti | January 12

As the University system prepares for one of its toughest years in history, its Board of Governors today will tackle two big issues facing students — ...

Students walk by construction on Battle, Vance and Pettigrew halls. The construction project is one of many on UNC’s campus. Most of the projects on campus are funded by the N.C. General Assembly, although some are privately funded. Campus officials are expecting a continued lack of funding since the midterm elections.

Building funds at UNC are unstable

By Will Doran | November 30

A bleak budget climate prevented the Democratic N.C. General Assembly from appropriating funds toward capital projects at UNC for the current fiscal year. ...

11 new NC laws to go into effect Dec. 1

By Cassie McLean | November 30

Eleven new pieces of N.C. legislation go into effect Dec. 1, tightening the reins on issues ranging from handgun permits to Medicaid fraud. Here is ...

UNC-system schools propose tuition increases, respond to expected budget shortfall

By Elizabeth Johnson | November 28

Universities across the UNC system are proposing tuition hikes well above the average in response to the state’s expected $3.5 billion budget shortfall. ...

Gay marriage could be banned in N.C. with new Republican majority in General Assembly, senators say

By Dorothy Irwin | November 15

An amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage might have more favorable chances of being passed next year. Many Republicans, including ...

Incumbent Democrat Ellie Kinnaird from Chapel Hill won a clear victory in her race against Republican Ryan Hilliard in the N.C. Senate race.

First GOP assembly since 1898

By Elise Young | November 3

N.C. Republicans celebrated a victory 112 years in the making Tuesday night. Republican candidates won enough seats to gain the majority in the N.C. Senate, ...