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Student protestors in Raleigh call for education reform

By Amanda Raymond | April 14

Students from across the Triangle greeted the attendees of a legislative task force for education with two signs Monday — one depicting a sturdy ladder ...

UNC alumni Gerry Cohen to retire from legislature

By Lauren Kent | April 13

Colleagues said it will take several people to fill the vacuum that Gerry Cohen, special counsel to the N.C. General Assembly, will leave behind ...

Plan for NC teacher walkout stalls

By Lauren Kent | October 10

North Carolina teachers upset with low pay and recent cuts to public education were planning to walk out of the classroom Nov. 4 to send a message to ...

N.C. Senate candidates lay out platforms

By Meredith Burns | August 29

The energy from the NAACP-sponsored rally held at Peace & Justice Plaza Wednesday was carried into the Chapel Hill Post Office as the candidates hoping ...

Reporting on the battle lines of North Carolina

By Sarah Brown | July 24

I for one wasn’t expecting a 2013 N.C. General Assembly session that pulsed on for the entire summer, outlasting my tenure as The Daily Tar Heel’s ...

Horace Williams Airport not yet ready to land

By Daniel Schere | July 24

For more than 35 years, Robert Epting has been flying in and out of Horace Williams Airport. And for much of the time he’s been using it, he said, Chapel ...

Tax reform package to end Tax-Free Weekend

By Cammie Bellamy | July 24

A popular tax holiday geared toward back-to-school shoppers is set to end after this year, and some local school officials say they have concerns about ...

Election bill bars college IDs from polls

By Tara Jeffries | July 24

The proposed election omnibus bill could restrict where college students cast their ballots.

UNC-system leaders talk energy costs

By Jordan Bailey | July 22

Students, faculty and leaders from colleges across the state came together last week to further discussions on energy conservation — with an ultimate ...

ASG unveils first-ever strategic plan

By Sarah Brown | July 17

At last week’s meeting of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments, Board of Governors Chairman Peter Hans came to the members with a challenge. ...

Abortion bill battles heat up nationwide

By Tara Jeffries | July 16

A crop of recent abortion legislation nationwide has bred controversy that could lead to the courtroom, and an N.C. abortion bill might face the same ...

Pro-abortion rights activists sported motorcycle helmets at the N.C. General Assembly Thursday in recognition of state legislators’ decision Wednesday to insert abortion clinic regulations into a motorcycle safety bill.

Abortion bill likely to take weekend pause

By Sarah Brown | July 11

First it was Sharia law, and now it is motorcycle safety — two unexpected paths for state legislators to enact a flurry of new abortion clinic regulations ...

Local officials eye NC abortion bill

By McKenzie Coey | July 10

As an N.C. General Assembly bill to put new restrictions on North Carolina abortion clinics moves forward, some in Chapel Hill are afraid of the consequences ...

Abortion sex ed bill puts McCrory campaign promise under scrutiny

By Tara Jeffries | July 2

A controversial N.C. Senate abortion bill is headed to Gov. Pat McCrory’s desk not long after Texas Sen. Wendy Davis’ pink-sneakered stand on her ...

No more public funds for Chapel Hill candidates

By Daniel Schere | July 2

Candidates will begin filing for office in Chapel Hill Friday — and they will do so without a public campaign financing program that has been in place ...

Teaching Fellows divides state legislature

By Sarah Brown | June 25

UNC sophomore Jean-Luc Rivera discovered a knack for teaching early in his high school career, when he tutored classmates in Advanced Placement biology. ...

NC set to reject Medicaid expansion, but financial questions linger

By Kendra Benner | June 19

Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly continue to cite the “Medicaid monster” as a funding fiasco — but a new study sheds light on the financial ...

No changing minds in General Assembly

By Mark Chilton | June 19

As a Moral Monday protestor, I don’t expect to have my actions change the minds of the Tea Party-controlled state legislature. That was never the point. ...

Chapel Hill resident and pilot Keith Taylor spoke about Horace Williams’ benefits to the area and voiced concern over the potential close.

Horace Williams Airport might close in August

By Daniel Schere | June 19

This summer, Chapel Hill could lose a piece of town history — one that’s no stranger to attempted closures.

Moral Monday protestors are not extremists

By Letter to the Editor | June 18

Last week’s editorial characterizing Moral Monday as “an extreme leftist reaction” was completely wrongheaded. Protestors are defending policies ...