Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law in 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit program allows individuals to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,7...

Generation Z voters still skeptical of major parties and still divided, but are finding common ground on some issues as midterm elections near

U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal election...

A N.C. housing advocacy group and nine other nonprofits asked a federal court to block the Trump administration from withholding funds.

The political commercials couldn’t be much more different, yet they’re competing to appeal to the same rural community and are attracting national attention.

A trio of Duke University climate experts said the early-season nor'easter, Hurricane Helene, and scorching summer temperatures all underscore the need for communities and governments to rethink their...

A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election securi...

In a crowded hotel conference room in Raleigh Tuesday, traffic safety researchers, and state government officials attended the final summit hosted by the North Carolina Alliance for Safe Transportatio...

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...

NC school finance officials told a state commission that funding restrictions and late budgets make planning harder for school districts.

Tariff criitcs will argue Wednesday in the Court of International Trade that the Trump administration did not properly establish forced labor cases against dozens of U.S. trading partners before levyi...

None of the nearly 1600 people in NC flagged as possible noncitizens on the voter roles had been contacted as of mid-Sept. 2026.

The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

An approximately three-mile line of vehicles stretched through Rodanthe on Monday as hundreds of vacationers sought to board the emergency ferry leaving Hatteras Island on the North Carolina coast.

Thousands of refugees and people granted asylum who are living in North Carolina will lose their Medicaid coverage due to cuts made in the 2025 federal spending bill.

New data shows North Carolina high school students feel safer in school than they have in the past. But members of the N.C. Governor’s Advisory Council for Student Safety and Well-Being want millions ...

The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to have access af...

The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote — would set a national framework for college athletes’ compensation, provide certain antitrust protections to the NCAA, establish a five-year eligibilit...

The Raleigh Rescue Mission opened a new $41 million campus in Knightdale for women and children experiencing homelessness.

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm e...

NC nonprofits are organizing opposition to U.S. Census changes proposed by the Trump administration, which they say would result in inaccuracies.

Older voters typically have the highest turnout in elections. But they appear to be even more motivated than usual to vote this year.

Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors ...

The $810 million in the “pocket rescission” would have gone to refugee assistance programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, a Treasury Department program that provided “debt forgiveness...

The signs, text messages and mailers promise cash, quick sales and a seamless means of unloading unwanted homes. But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowne...

Government should tax only to raise money for its essential functions. I support a thorough review of expenditures each year. A goal I share with proponents of this amendment is a mechanism that will ...

Project Kitty Hawk is serving 2,889 adult learners in online degree programs this fall, a 54% increase from last fall.

Video obtained by the group shows a man wearing a badge standing near two men sitting in the grass next to a road. The seated men’s hands are behind their backs.

Gov. Josh Stein declared Friday officially "Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Day of Reading,” across North Carolina in memory of the Tennessee musician, her hit song "9 to 5," and her philanthropy t...

Local television and social media are where most North Carolina voters get their political and government news, according to a poll released Friday. No other source reached more than 17% of voters.

Western North Carolina marks two years after Helene caused $60 billion in damages. Communities are pulling together, but progress remains slow.

The Durham, N.C., juvenile detention center is now holding classes for its students, but the youth home still has problems, according to a new report.

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find out “what is going on with the expanding surveillance network that...

If you’re a millennial like me, climate anxiety is practically in your DNA. I’ve lived through my fair share of climate change-induced disasters, and 2024’s Hurricane Helene was just the latest and gr...

The White House, however, didn’t appear to be following the ruling as of 10 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, when attorneys representing the news organizations filed a brief asking the court to hold a videoc...

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly indicated during a Wednesday hearing he may order the Trump administration to reinstate White House press passes for reporters from three news organizations ...

If childcare workers can’t afford care for their own children, it becomes harder for centers to maintain the workforce they need.

Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps. New data from the U.S. Department of Agri...

New rules for absentee ballots return in NC are being challenged in federal court. At issue are ballot envelopes and signature verification. Critics say the last-minute changes will disenfranchise som...

NC voters will be asked to consider a constitutional amendment requiring state lawmakers to pass laws limiting local property tax increases.

Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier Tuesday with throwing 300 primary ballots in a church parking lot dumpster, an incident that a top U.S. Justice Department official said made the case f...

This fall, voters in at least nine states, including North Carolina, will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax poli...

Less than 24 hours after the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to advance plans to consolidate WakeMed and Atrium Health, North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner says he is "profoundly concerned" ...

President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

In February, Chatham County commissioners enacted a year-long moratorium on new data centers. But it won’t stop at least one new data center from getting underway at the Triangle Innovation Point West...

An eight-state coalition filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s payments to private companies to cancel offshore wind leases, escalating an ongoing legal battle over the governm...

Women giving birth in rural communities were more likely than peers in urban areas to receive oral opioid prescriptions for pain upon leaving the hospital after a cesarean section, according to a new ...

The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial earlier this month places her future in doubt, three years after she killed her three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. But one potential outcome is a s...

The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 late Monday to approve a controversial merger between WakeMed and Atrium Health.

Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to stagge...