NC legislators voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to suspend the state gas tax through November, but no one knows when lower prices will kick in or how much taxpayers will save.

Suspending the NC gas tax has bipartisan support, but Democrats said Republicans are acting out of fear of losing seats in the legislature.

In a letter Monday to federal officials, Stein said he supports efforts to reduce “unnecessary administrative burdens” on Head Start programs. But he argued the proposed rule would weaken standards th...

The president made violent crime the central issue in his first large-scale outdoor rally this year and cites the GOP’s 1988 “Willie Horton” attack ad on Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis.

Last week, McClatchy rolled out the latest round of destructive cuts to its local reporting staff. The cuts themselves are barley newsworthy within the industry at this point, though the futility of '...

The NC Court of Appeals has okayed the NC legislature's move to take elections board appointments away from the governor and give them to the auditor.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.

The ruling blocks the Trump administration from dramatically changing how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Carl J. Nichols on 9/13/2026. (lccjn1) (Entered: 09/13/2026)

Asheville has joined Durham and other municipalities in making it illegal to collect rent on a property the city has deemed unsafe.

Three NC school leaders told state education leaders how they are using family outreach, student support and engagement to improve attendance.

Ronald Hayes was cautious when he talked to a reporter this week about the political TV advertisement he appears in, talking about the death of his son Shemar, a college football player who was murder...

NC AG Jeff Jackson and other attorneys general sue to in Massachusetts federal court to stop the Postal Service absentee voting regulations.

A federal judge in the District of Columbia issued an order Wednesday blocking U.S. Health and Human Services from implementing sweeping changes to grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program w...

A judge has ruled that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release its investigative report on problems at its School of Civic Life and Leadership.

Republicans on the NC Board of Elections rejected most early voting plans that included Sunday hours, but found a few compromises.

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North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards has dropped his reelection campaign after a U.S. House ethics investigation recommended censure for inappropriate behavior toward female staffers.

North Carolina Connects has sponsored a six-figure advertising campaign touting the economic and business benefits of data centers.

Dallas Woodhouse has been reassigned from his job as elections liaison in the NC Auditor's office after controversy over his role in early voting plans.

A federal judge blocked major portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail on Thursday, finding he had exceeded his constitutional authority.

The Trump administration illegally overhauled a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into fede...

Mississippi’s state auditor doesn’t have the power to sue to recover misspent welfare funds from Brett Favre or other defendants, the top court ruled.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...

Person County’s Roxboro plant is one of 13 projects across the country selected to receive grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The SAVE America Act would require voters to offer documents, such as a birth certificate or passport, proving their citizenship when registering to vote. It would also mandate voters show photo ID wh...

Ahead of the November midterm elections, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have demanded Congress pass sweeping voting restrictions, including showing proof of citizenship to register —...

Republican members of the Jackson County Board of Elections say they were told by the GOP to vote against a campus polling place

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

A North Carolina Republican lawmaker has taken the unusual step of publicly retracting his sponsorship of an anti-abortion bill. That’s after critics on social media said it would sanction the killing...

North Carolina's child death rate is up 3% from 2005 to 2024, while the national rate has fallen 15% over the same time.

Kevin Guskiewicz comes to Clemson from Michigan State University, where he has been president since March 2024.

An NC Senate bill would cut early voting from 17 days to 10 days, even though more people in North Carolina use early voting than any other voting method.

The highly produced films offer a glimpse into Cary’s government under a former town manager accused of over-the-top spending.

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Doctors sent her home in 2023 without treating her rapid heartbeat because she was pregnant, and she was unable to quickly obtain an abortion because of new restrictions that were enacted in North Car...

The NC elections director hired a lawyer to represent the state elections board even though that lawyer was suing the board in other cases.

North Carolina had fewer drug overdose deaths in 2024 than in 2023, and the infant mortality rate also declined, though racial disparities remain.

A stalled bill to require better insurance coverage for breast cancer screenings led to a campaign that helped oust North Carolina’s most powerful politician.

Tillis, R-N.C., said he would not vote for Trump’s pick to replace Powell, former Fed Board Governor Kevin Warsh, unless the administration dropped its “bogus” investigation.

A new proposal would make it easier for North Carolina county boards of election to throw out ballots of people who don’t show photo ID when they vote.