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UNC system cuts total $50 million under N.C. Senate budget proposal

By Sarah Brown | May 20

The N.C. Senate released its 2013-14 state budget proposal Sunday night, as state legislators work toward fulfilling campaign promises of reforming taxes ...

NC leaders evaluate economic impact of investment in higher education

By Amanda Albright | May 15

Drew Moretz, a lobbyist for the UNC system, has fielded tough questions from legislators about how state money is being used on college campuses.

Hundreds of protestors at the N.C. General Assembly Monday rallied against several Republican legislative proposals, including attempts to expand gun freedoms on college campuses in the state.

Bill would allow guns in locked cars on campus

By Sarah Brown | May 15

UNC-system campuses have been gun-free zones for years. But the N.C. General Assembly is now joining South Carolina, Texas and state legislatures around ...

More than 150 people marched from Jones Street into the N.C. General Assembly building Monday as part of a protest that saw 49 people, including several college students, get arrested.

Students among 49 arrested in "Moral Mondays" protest

By Sarah Brown | May 13

As the sun started to set on the N.C. General Assembly late Monday afternoon, dozens of North Carolina residents lit up Jones Street in Raleigh with a ...

Voter ID bill moves to NC Senate

By Jacob Rosenberg | April 24

A controversial proposal that would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls made its first step toward becoming law Wednesday, passing the N.C. ...

Film in flux: a new bill may limit movie filming in North Carolina

By Sarah Brown | April 23

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow wined and dined in Wilmington for much of last year while filming the blockbuster Iron Man 3.

North Carolina could further limit access to abortion

By Kelly Anderson | April 22

The N.C. General Assembly could place Gov. Pat McCrory in a bind if it sends a series of bills to his desk that critics say would limit access to abortion ...

State redistricting bill gains support in the N.C. House

April 18

The latest proposal to create a nonpartisan redistricting process in the state has received overwhelming support in the N.C. House of Representatives ...

Bill would allow legislators to receive gifts from lobbyists

By Claire Bennett | April 16

A bill introduced last week in the N.C. General Assembly aims to change the way lobbyists are treated in state politics.

Proposed William Richardson Davie statue faces criticism

By James Thorpe | April 15

William Richardson Davie is proving as controversial in death as he was in life. The “founding father” of UNC, who left North Carolina in the early ...

NC General Assembly proposals target UNC-system campuses' autonomy

By Eric Garcia | April 14

Proposals in the N.C. General Assembly ranging from tuition hikes to student group functions have brought a bedrock issue to the fore: the degree to which ...

Keynote speaker, Cal Cunningham, former state senator, speaks at the Orange County Democratic Party Convention.

Orange County Democrats look to midterm elections

By Graves Ganzert | April 14

After a disappointing 2012 election for state Democrats, Orange County party members convened Saturday to regroup before next year’s midterm elections. ...

A panel was held in Peabody room 104 to address the current bills about education Policy's in North Caroline. The room was packed with undergrads pursuing a career in teaching as well as practicing teachers. Professors on the panel spoke about how the bills could potentially affect how teachers are hired, fired, and paid. They encouraged teachers to work together to speak to make their opinions known.

Dr. Catherine Marshall
Lora Cohen-Vogel
Dr. Charles Coble

Education panel encourages teachers to find solutions amid budget cuts

By Amy Tsai | April 9

Education experts urged teachers Tuesday to offer their own solutions for improving schools in light of numerous changes proposed by state legislators. ...

Students from a variety of campus groups held a "teach-in" in front of Gardner Hall on Tuesday as Art Pope gave a lecture to a class inside.

UNC student groups protest Art Pope lecture

By Mary Frances Buoyer | April 9

A visit by Art Pope, budget director for Gov. Pat McCrory, sparked collective action among student groups who chanted and held signs in protest of recent ...

NC Senate bill could end tenure for K-12 teachers

By Gabriella Kostrzewa | April 8

The N.C. General Assembly will debate a bill this week that could affect every public school educator in the state.

Defense of Religion Act meets its end in North Carolina

By Hayley Fowler | April 4

A North Carolina resolution that garnered national scrutiny for its assertion that the state and localities could establish a religion met a swift end ...

Proposed NC voting laws could increase wait times

By James Thorpe | April 4

A flurry of voting law proposals bundled into one large bill at the N.C. General Assembly could cost the state extra money and increase wait times for ...

Democrats propose bill to add sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy

By Sarah Brown | April 4

UNC has made efforts to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ employees, and Democrats at the N.C. General Assembly are looking to follow suit.

Professors denounce NC Republican legislature’s policies

By Gabriella Kostrzewa | April 3

Professors are handing out bad grades — not to students, but to the Republican majorities at the N.C. General Assembly. The group, Scholars for a Progressive ...

House Bill 298 could deter renewable energy use

By Caroline Leland | April 2

Legislators at the N.C. General Assembly will discuss a bill today that opponents say could derail the state’s renewable energy industry.