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N.C. General Assembly

ABC store privatization possible

By Madeline Will | January 24

Alcohol sales in North Carolina have been under state control for 74 years. But a Republican-led N.C. General Assembly could approve legislation to privatize ...

Board to review tuition proposals

By Tarini Parti | January 12

As the University system prepares for one of its toughest years in history, its Board of Governors today will tackle two big issues facing students — ...

Students walk by construction on Battle, Vance and Pettigrew halls. The construction project is one of many on UNC’s campus. Most of the projects on campus are funded by the N.C. General Assembly, although some are privately funded. Campus officials are expecting a continued lack of funding since the midterm elections.

Building funds at UNC are unstable

By Will Doran | November 30

A bleak budget climate prevented the Democratic N.C. General Assembly from appropriating funds toward capital projects at UNC for the current fiscal year. ...

11 new NC laws to go into effect Dec. 1

By Cassie McLean | November 30

Eleven new pieces of N.C. legislation go into effect Dec. 1, tightening the reins on issues ranging from handgun permits to Medicaid fraud. Here is ...

UNC-system schools propose tuition increases, respond to expected budget shortfall

By Elizabeth Johnson | November 28

Universities across the UNC system are proposing tuition hikes well above the average in response to the state’s expected $3.5 billion budget shortfall. ...

Gay marriage could be banned in N.C. with new Republican majority in General Assembly, senators say

By Dorothy Irwin | November 15

An amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage might have more favorable chances of being passed next year. Many Republicans, including ...

Incumbent Democrat Ellie Kinnaird from Chapel Hill won a clear victory in her race against Republican Ryan Hilliard in the N.C. Senate race.

First GOP assembly since 1898

By Elise Young | November 3

N.C. Republicans celebrated a victory 112 years in the making Tuesday night. Republican candidates won enough seats to gain the majority in the N.C. Senate, ...

UNC-system Association of Student Governments lobbies state about tuition

By Caroline Dye | January 28

Student body presidents from across the UNC system will discuss strategies to lobby the state legislature at the Saturday meeting of the Association of ...