North Carolina Politics -

GOP eyes Hagan's Senate seat

By Devin Rooney | June 5

The race for Sen. Kay Hagan’s seat in Congress has just begun — the primary election is in May 2014 — but Republicans hoping to take her place are ...

The call for help

By Megan Cassella | June 5

With the number of calls to emergency medical services for student alcohol overdoses rising, and new statewide legislation in place to encourage calling ...

Kids don't need cursive

June 5

Thanks to the N.C. General Assembly, the children of our state are going to leave elementary school thoroughly prepared — for life in 19th-century America, ...

Gender-neutral housing again faces legislative opposition

By Sam Schaefer | June 4

Four students who opted into the University’s gender-neutral housing program might have to find a new place to live in the fall.

UNC fell 3-2 to Florida Atlantic on Sunday night.

NC Senate budget proposal would close Hillsborough prison

By Cammie Bellamy | June 4

Orange County officials are concerned about a budget proposal that would shutter a Hillsborough prison.

Racial Justice Act could meet its end this afternoon

By Sarah Brown | June 4

Proven racial bias might no longer be enough to spare death-row inmates from the death penalty, if the N.C. House of Representatives votes to repeal a ...

Gender-neutral housing opposition back

By From staff and wire reports | May 29

The N.C. Senate reintroduced a controversial measure last week that would prevent UNC’s new policy allowing gender-neutral housing on campus from taking ...

NC Senate budget proposes K-12 education cuts

By Sarah Brown | May 29

The N.C. General Assembly has one month from today to pass a two-year state budget — and legislators and educators remain up in arms about funding for ...

North Carolina should not neglect mental health community

May 28

The future of the Dorothea Dix property in Raleigh — the site of the former mental hospital — has been the source of much aggressive debate in the ...

State tax overhaul proposals take shape

By Devin Rooney | May 22

Emboldened by victories in last November’s election, Republicans in both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly have worked for months on separate proposals ...

Jacquelyn Hall, who has taught history at UNC for almost 40 years, was one of more than 150 protestors arrested at the N.C. General Assembly over the past month.

Why I got arrested: Q&A with Jacquelyn Hall

By Sarah Brown | May 20

After a fourth straight week of civil disobedience protests at the N.C. General Assembly Monday, the arrest total for the “Moral Monday” demonstrations ...

UNC system cuts total $50 million under N.C. Senate budget proposal

By Sarah Brown | May 20

The N.C. Senate released its 2013-14 state budget proposal Sunday night, as state legislators work toward fulfilling campaign promises of reforming taxes ...

NC leaders evaluate economic impact of investment in higher education

By Amanda Albright | May 15

Drew Moretz, a lobbyist for the UNC system, has fielded tough questions from legislators about how state money is being used on college campuses.

Hundreds of protestors at the N.C. General Assembly Monday rallied against several Republican legislative proposals, including attempts to expand gun freedoms on college campuses in the state.

Bill would allow guns in locked cars on campus

By Sarah Brown | May 15

UNC-system campuses have been gun-free zones for years. But the N.C. General Assembly is now joining South Carolina, Texas and state legislatures around ...

More than 150 people marched from Jones Street into the N.C. General Assembly building Monday as part of a protest that saw 49 people, including several college students, get arrested.

Students among 49 arrested in "Moral Mondays" protest

By Sarah Brown | May 13

As the sun started to set on the N.C. General Assembly late Monday afternoon, dozens of North Carolina residents lit up Jones Street in Raleigh with a ...

Voter ID bill moves to NC Senate

By Jacob Rosenberg | April 24

A controversial proposal that would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls made its first step toward becoming law Wednesday, passing the N.C. ...

Film in flux: a new bill may limit movie filming in North Carolina

By Sarah Brown | April 23

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow wined and dined in Wilmington for much of last year while filming the blockbuster Iron Man 3.

North Carolina could further limit access to abortion

By Kelly Anderson | April 22

The N.C. General Assembly could place Gov. Pat McCrory in a bind if it sends a series of bills to his desk that critics say would limit access to abortion ...

State redistricting bill gains support in the N.C. House

April 18

The latest proposal to create a nonpartisan redistricting process in the state has received overwhelming support in the N.C. House of Representatives ...

Bill would allow legislators to receive gifts from lobbyists

By Claire Bennett | April 16

A bill introduced last week in the N.C. General Assembly aims to change the way lobbyists are treated in state politics.