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Students reflect on the anniversary of the pandemic

By Madison Ward | March 14

“The hardest part was not getting to hug your friends goodbye one last time, because the next time you saw them, it was wearing a mask in a grocery ...

Broadband Task Force discusses bringing internet to rural Orange County communities

By Trevor Moore | March 9

Approximately 5,000 residential units in Orange County are not adequately serve with broadband, Jim Northrup, chief information officer for the county, ...

Campaign launched to remove all Confederate statues from courthouse grounds

By Charles Vanderford | March 9

As part of the campaign, NC CRED will create and maintain a website to provide information on confederate monuments in the state, work in coalitions to ...

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A look back at North Carolina's COVID-19 response over the past year

By Guillermo Molero | March 9

Since last March, the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come through a mixture of executive orders and comprehensive relief legislation. ...

N.C. Senate Bill 100 poses a threat for cities looking to reduce police funding

By Ella Layn | March 8

The bill, also known as the Police Funding Protection Act, states any North Carolina city that reduces funds for law enforcement agencies by more than ...

Settlement secures release of 3,500 incarcerated people from state prisons

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 4

The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The ...

Equality Act, cosponsored by Rep. Price, passes House, still faces vote in Senate

By Kathryn Goodwin | March 3

U.S. Rep. David Price co-sponsors and votes for the Equality Act,  prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The ...

Durham faith-based advocacy group La Semilla holds refugee vaccination event

‘I’ve been waiting for an opportunity’: Triangle Immigrants feel left out of vaccine process

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | February 28

Research from the Center for American Progress shows undocumented immigrants are more likely to work essential jobs in the United States, with an estimated ...

2021 Piedmont Laureate aims to increase representation in children's literature

By Macon Porterfield | February 23

"After 17 years as a writer, Lyons has published over 15 children’s books with people of color serving main character roles."

Local and national movements hope to improve Black maternal health

By Praveena Somasundaram | February 23

Organizations, activists and lawmakers, including Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District, have been pushing for action to address ...

Living with a pandemic: Polio in the 1940s

By Maeve Sheehey | February 21

For polio survivors, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is not the first infectious disease to upend their lives. Now, decades after polio ripped through North ...

Former UNC BOG member Darrell Allison named chancellor at Fayetteville State University

By Allie Kelly | February 18

Former UNC Board of Governors member Darrell Allison has been named as the next chancellor for Fayetteville State University. 

N.C. announces $2.5 million in funding for transportation to vaccination sites

By Caroline Kelly | February 3

The funding will help individuals get their vaccines without having to pay for two round trips to their vaccination site, an estimated $88 per person, ...

Here's what you need to know about North Carolina's updated COVID-19 vaccination plan

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | January 21

Vaccine distribution in North Carolina has been complicated by logistical hurdles and limited supplies. Here's what you need to know about statewide and ...

North Carolina farmworkers already dealing with pandemic stress avoid wage freeze

By Kayla Guilliams | January 18

N.C. farmworkers who come from Mexico to North Carolina on H-2A visas face a high vulnerability to COVID-19 due to living in migrant farmworker camps. ...

New state employees will no longer receive retiree health coverage benefits

By Brian Rosenzweig | January 10

Lawmakers hope this change will help to mitigate the rising costs of insurance that the state is responsible for providing. 

UNC sophomore Greear Webb appointed to governor's committee on youth justice

By Hayley Rosewall | December 13

The committee, called the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee, was established on Sept. 25  to advise the Governor's Crime Commission and administer ...

Cooper announces modified stay-at-home order following rise in cases, hospitalizations

By Henry Haney | December 8

 North Carolina's modified stay-at-home order includes a number of new measures to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.

As vaccines await federal approval, North Carolina finalizes its distribution plan

By David Richman | December 6

A COVID--19 vaccine could be coming to North Carolina by mid-December. Here's what you need to know. 

Before You Vote Episode 9: Election Results

By Meredith Radford and Sonia Rao | November 17

In the ninth and final episode, City & State Editor Sonia Rao breaks down the results of the 2020 election with Catawba College professor and N.C. ...