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Environmental departments in N.C. face cuts amidst state budget uncertainty

By Mark Morrison | March 31

N.C. environmental departments have lost funding and staff as pollution complaints continue to rise.

School districts work for equitable remote education amid coronavirus closings

By Niharika Vattikonda and Sonia Rao | March 26

With the closing of all public schools until March 30, students in CHCCS and OCS face a new struggle: remote learning.

Battle to overturn 2016 limitations on governor’s power moves to N.C. Supreme Court

By Brent Van Vliet | February 27

In Dec. 2016, a month before Roy Cooper took office, two laws were passed by Republicans that limited the governor's powers. By the end, the number of ...

State budget impasse continues to burden local schools

By Emma Cunningham-Bradshaw | February 26

CHCCS Board of Education Member Rani Dasi said she was wary that a state budget would even be approved for the next fiscal year. She said while the budget ...

Candidates, community members discuss raising the minimum wage at Raleigh rally

By Gabriella Gibson | February 17

Raising Wages NC held a rally at First Baptist Church in Raleigh on Friday to advocate for a $15 minimum wage. The group said the rally was intended to ...

Local town officials share views on candidates for the Presidential primary

By Elsa Karcher | February 12

“I want to see who has the best chance of winning North Carolina because along with wanting us to have a strong Democratic presidential candidate, I ...

'Devastating to morale': State budget impasse halts faculty raises at UNC

By Anna Neil | January 30

The N.C. General Assembly has adjourned until April without passing a budget. Here's what that means for UNC faculty.

Medicaid expansion and teacher pay have held up N.C.’s budget. Why are they important?

By Brent Van Vliet | January 29

“It’s an expensive program. I mean, Governor Cooper’s budget, his projections are over the first two years it would cost just over $6 billion, for ...

N.C. General Assembly adjourns without new budget for 2020

By Taylor Heeden | January 21

During this past long session, the General Assembly was unable to pass a budget. “Our 2019 session actually ran over into 2020,” Insko (D-District ...

North Carolina is no longer trying 16-year-olds as adults. Here's what that means.

By Kayleigh Carpenter | January 20

North Carolina is officially the last state to adopt the Raise the Age law, but what does the law entail? 

McKissick passes the torch to Michaux in the N.C. Senate

By Guillermo Molero | January 16

Following the resignation of Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., D-Durham, Henry "Mickey" Michaux was formally appointed as the senator of District 20. 

Post HB2, North Carolina may have its first transgender legislators

By Taylor Heeden | January 14

North Carolina has never had an openly transgender individual serve in the state legislature. In 2020, that could change.  Two openly transgender ...

Silent Sam blindfolded by a Confederate flag in 2015. The statue was recently given to Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Confederate group in Silent Sam deal accused of violating tax and campaign finance laws

By Charlie McGee | January 10

The North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. has for years been violating federal tax laws, operating a political action committee in ...

Graig Meyer, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, speaks about the student debt crisis at a press conference held by Generation Progress Action on Oct. 27, 2016.

How partisanship has changed North Carolina's budget process in the last decade

By Guillermo Molero | December 6

In the past decade, tax cuts and education have been the main issues affecting budget proposals for the state.

How the Republican takeover of the General Assembly changed the UNC System

By Anna Pogarcic and Maeve Sheehey | December 4

The General Assembly turned majority-Republican in 2010, and with it the Board of Governors experienced a significant turnover in membership. 

'Victory': Confederates tout backdoor dealings of $2.5 million Silent Sam settlement

By Charlie McGee | December 3

In an email recently leaked by one of its recipients, Kevin Stone, leader of the N.C. Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., detailed secret negotiations ...

Wake County court suspends candidate filing period to consider new congressional map

By Niharika Vattikonda | November 21

The Superior Court of Wake County issued an injunction to halt the candidate filing period for 2020 N.C. congressional primary races so that the court ...

'I can’t afford to be a teacher': The battle for teacher raises continues

By Victoria Johnson | November 12

After years of what they deem as unreasonable salaries, teachers are starting to speak out, especially after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill to raise average ...

North Carolina becomes last state in the U.S. to allow withdrawal of consent

By Sonia Rao | November 7

Newly ratified Bill 199 adds measures to protect sexual assault victims.

The Orange County Courthouse in 2010. DTH/Mary Lide Parker

Lawsuit calls the legitimacy of the N.C. General Assembly into question

By Guillermo Molero | November 7

A lawsuit from the NAACP and Clean Air Carolina continues to challenge the authority North Carolina lawmakers had in creating ballot amendments in 2018.  ...