Common Cause NC poll: voters want partisan politics out of election admistration, support Sunday voting and campus voting sites.

Members of the North Carolina's Advisory Council on Cannabis gave the public its first glimpse this week of how a public consumption policy might be crafted. Legislators would first need to give their...

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...

Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office.

In the west, last week's rain boosted the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir, and Lake Lure had its wettest day since Hurricane Helene. But on the other side of the state, drought conditions worsened instead of ...

North Carolina public schools spent more than $6.6 million last school year to repair broken computers. Most don't have a reliable funding source to refresh laptops bought with pandemic-era funds.

A new report from NPR and Boston University suggests that the average number of heat-related deaths in North Carolina each year is almost 18 times what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

New laws that took effect on Oct. 1 could hit your wallet, your commute and your family. Here’s what changes — and what you need to know.

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 ...

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 U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process  puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new...

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

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...

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.

Severn area residents seek answers about Northampton Co. water expansion

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.

The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the ...

Perinatal Quality Collaborative revives projects on newborn screenings and maternal mental health to launch in 2027, officials said.

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall. Major U.S. airlines and analysts say fluctuating fuel costs make it hard to plan ahead.

The group continued its work to redesign NC’s school accountability system, discussing the indicators that should be included in a new model.

After the Town of Littleton’s $4.6 million tentative pump station replacement deal with Bio-Nomic Services, Inc. fell through, McDavid Associates once again sent out bids for the work with the

The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.

Due to continued dry conditions and declining water levels at Kerr Lake, the Kerr Lake Regional Water System has implemented mandatory water conservation restrictions. Because the Town of Warrenton re...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendation process has been blown up in the past year, and decision-making has ground to a halt.

The Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools. Previously, both Republican and Democratic administrations addressed systemic racism, recognizing tha...

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump officials to explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency cut a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported.

More than 70 counties remain under a moderate drought classification or worse. In Hickory, Raleigh, and Washington, the first three weeks of September were the warmest on record.

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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...

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...

Environmental justice leader Dollie Burwell co-authored the book, “Keep on a-Walkin’: Kimberly Burwell Stands Up for Environmental Justice,” to honor her late daughter who, at the age of 10, marched

North Carolina’s Supreme Court currently has a 5-to-2 Republican majority, and just one of those seats will be on the ballot this November. Justice Anita Earls, a Democrat, faces former N.C. Rep. Sara...

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 ...

Congress recently passed a bill changing eligibility for food benefits. Attorney General Jeff Jackson challenged the USDA changes in court and won.

HALIFAX — What began as a summer classroom assignment became a published accomplishment for a group of Halifax County Schools Math 1 students, who transformed their learning into books designed

A new poll finds 78% of NC voters see affrodable childcare as a mjor problem, with more support for state and federal investment.

Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements.

For decades, drivers were required to keep a registration card they could show when pulled over by a police officer. The stickers showed the month and year when that registration would expire.

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State employees will likely pay more for healthcare if they use hospital systems in four rural counties north of the Triangle.

Northampton Commissioners again express concerns and delay vote until October

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