A new House Bill has been introduced in the General Assembly that challenges the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision that made gay marriage legal across the country.
North Carolina Democrats are attempting to heavily expand Medicaid in the state, proposing the addition about 500,000 North Carolinians to the program.
HB 86 passed its first reading in the General Assembly session on Monday, and the Judiciary Committee will take further action to work on the bill.
“There was overwhelming evidence that election fraud occurred and that Mark Harris was party to the fraud... I hope that we can proceed with having clean and fair elections that make people believe in the democratic process.”
House Bills 53 and 54 would impose restrictions on abortions similar to those already passed in other states.
A homework exercise in Advanced Methods of Data Analysis turned into a research project that found 1,500 absentee ballots were unaccounted for in Bladen and Robeson counties, which are part of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
HBCUs open higher education to new generations of students.
U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., died last Sunday afternoon in Greenville.
“We could really take this opportunity and completely change the narrative about redistricting and completely change the narrative about our state,” said state N.C. Rep. Robert Reives, who filed a bill in the General Assembly on Wednesday aimed at combating gerrymandering of the state's voting districts.
If passed, the law would go into effect on Dec. 1, 2019 and would apply to abortions performed on or after that date.
“I think the Board of Governors has had ample time to do something. And I believe they've just been dithering.”
Former Gov. Pat McCrory and former U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre joined the UNC Institute of Politics as spring 2019 fellows, giving weekly seminars that are open to all UNC students.
As of 2018, the average teacher salary in the state is about $50,861, but the average salary for teachers in the United States is $60,483, according to the National Education Association. The NEA reported that North Carolina ranks 39th in the U.S. in average teacher pay in 2017.
While balancing her family and full-time job, Sydney Batch overcame all odds to become the representative of North Carolina's 37th District.
Since launching in 2017, the IoP has quickly risen to a place of prominence on and beyond UNC's campus. Yet allegations against Tanner Glenn, IoP founder and a current Chancellor's Fellow, have cast his continued involvement with the organization into question.
Chapel Hill Transit may soon be feeling the effects of recent statewide funding cuts.
Four Democrats and four Republicans have been nominated for North Carolina's reinvented five-member Board of Elections.
In November 2016, Republicans won 10 of 13 Congressional seats, despite receiving only 53 percent of votes across the state.
The investigation into election fraud continues after Republican Mark Harris seemed to narrowly defeat Democratic opponent Dan McCready by only 905 votes in the midterm election on Nov. 6.
The Raleigh Women's March focused on the unique issues impacting North Carolinians and encouraged local involvement.
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