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Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More

Former governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper talked about rising costs and what he thinks about constitutional amendments in Raleigh.

Two proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution have the potential to radically disrupt revenue for local governments while making handouts to corporations and the wealthy permanent.

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

Two North Carolina groups are launching a campaign against two tax-related constitutional amendments on the November 2026 ballot.

Across the country, local governments are facing budget season with an impossible math problem. As federal funding shrinks and safety-net programs face

Across the country, local governments are facing budget season with an impossible math problem. As federal funding shrinks and safety-net programs face sweeping cuts from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1) passed by Republicans in Congress last summer, local officials are being forced to make painful choices about schools, healthcare, and other essential services. For many rural communities already operating on tight margins, these cuts will mean scaling back services people rely on, from after-school programs to emergency response services.

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Tax on Million-Dollar Earners Continues to Exceed Revenue Projections, Proving Fears of Millionaire Flight False BOSTON – The State Department of Revenue yesterday certified that Massachusetts...

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Seed funding will help the rural town of Enfield in its quest to heat and cool homes without fossil fuels while drastically lowering residents’ energy…

Phil Berger has conceded. The most powerful politician in North Carolina, after several recounts and election protests, has admitted defeat to his primary challenger, Sheriff Sam Page. Berger has domi...

A settlement deal would commit the North Carolina utility to working with Google on a scheme that lets data centers pay to secure 24/7 clean energy.

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and destruction of Gulf fossil fuel assets is already having effects we’ll be dealing with in months and years to come.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which 20% of the world’s oil flows through, is sending shockwaves through the global economy. But how big will this disruption actually be? According to a conversa...

Ballot recounts in the consequential primary between Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page and Senate leader Phil Berger resulted in no change in the challenger's 23-vote lead over Berger.

Shrinking enrollment is forcing North Carolina school boards to consider closing schools, even in affluent and growing areas like Chapel Hill-Carrboro.

If N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger's 16-year reign comes to an end this year, here’s who could take over as the next president pro tempore.

After a destructive fire, residents faced the task of rebuilding. Thanks to state incentives, the new homes are more energy efficient and resilient to…

The recent boom in renewables and storage in Texas means its grid is much better prepared for bad weather than it was when Winter Storm Uri hit five years…

Defusing and redirecting threats of “ICE at the polls!”

Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American,...

“If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out," New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said as the state plans to launch an online portal.

In 1770, the redcoats were a lot more solicitous of Americans’ rights than Trump’s goons are today.

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.