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CHHS graduate and three-time Tar Heel hopes to advocate for positive change in NC House

By Jamey Cross | February 5

While balancing her family and full-time job, Sydney Batch overcame all odds to become the representative of North Carolina's 37th District.

Allegations against IoP founder have created a rift between students and stakeholders

By Charlie McGee | February 4

Since launching in 2017, the IoP has quickly risen to a place of prominence on and beyond UNC's campus. Yet allegations against Tanner Glenn, IoP founder ...

Statewide funding cuts might bungle your bus schedule

By Samantha Perry | January 30

Chapel Hill Transit may soon be feeling the effects of recent statewide funding cuts.

Gov. Roy Cooper will select a new State Board of Elections, which will consist of three Democrats and Two Republicans.

New N.C. Board of Elections to decide 9th Congressional District race

By Brent Van Vliet | January 29

Four Democrats and four Republicans have been nominated for North Carolina's reinvented five-member Board of Elections.

A look into the past, present and future of partisan gerrymandering in N.C.

By Ryan Smoot | January 28

In November 2016, Republicans won 10 of 13 Congressional seats, despite receiving only 53 percent of votes across the state.

Wake County judge refuses to seat Mark Harris in N.C. District 9

By Laura Rong | January 28

The investigation into election fraud continues after Republican Mark Harris seemed to narrowly defeat Democratic opponent Dan McCready by only 905 votes ...

Raleigh Women's March highlights the power of youth and the importance of unity

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 27

The Raleigh Women's March focused on the unique issues impacting North Carolinians and encouraged local involvement.

A Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus drives toward Chapel Hill High School.

Will your K-12 school change its calendar because of Hurricane Florence?

By Ares Zerunyan | January 27

The CHCCS is one of eight districts to have passed a resolution demanding greater local control over academic calendars, as the current one-size-fits-all ...

Rep. David Price proposes bill to reopen part of the federal government

By Ares Zerunyan | January 14

With the ongoing government shutdown, Rep. David Price is introducing a bill to reopen the DOT and HUD.

Supreme Court accepts NC gerrymandering lawsuit

By Julia Masters | January 13

Common Cause v. Rucho could become an exemplary case for future gerrymandering accusations.

Durham committee reveals suggestions for crushed Confederate monument

By Alice Bennett | January 13

"We were trying to find, as they say, an elegant solution, one that represented our thinking and what we had heard, but also was not illegal and was cognizant ...

New election could be called if NC 9th Congressional District ballots aren't certified

By Ryan Smoot | January 8

One electoral district is clouded in fraud allegations. Affidavits submitted by residents suggest that absentee ballots were falsified.

Pushback, legal action continues against voter photo ID amendment

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 8

North Carolinians approved a voter ID law this past November, but the legislation will have to battle opposition and lawsuits before the next election. ...

As 2018 ends, N.C. is still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Florence

By Henry Haney | December 5

“We continue to mourn the lives lost to Hurricane Florence as we face the task of recovery with determination and compassion.”

Protesters gather outside terminal two at RDU Airport on Jan. 29 in response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants from certain countries from entering the U.S.

Durham ICE arrest deviates from usual enforcement policy

By Andreamarie Efthymiou | December 4

Plainclothes ICE officers posing as other immigrants filling out paperwork detained Samuel Oliver-Bruno in Durham on Nov. 23.

North Carolina legislature to consider marijuana legalization in 2019

By Michael Taffe | December 3

The N.C. General Assembly will begin talking about marijuana legalization in the new year, but if the proposal passes, it will be up to local governments ...

What comes next? UNC students look to the future of state and national politics

By Olivia Slagle | December 3

The latest election may have been less than a month ago, but leaders of UNC's Young Democrats and College Republicans are already planning for the next ...

'A profound and severe need': CHCCS school board re-evaluates future of LEAP

By Blake Weaver | December 3

The LEAP program aims to meet the severe needs of students at the top of the academic spectrum, which several in the CHCCS system say is as necessary ...

How Common Cause N.C.'s Bob Phillips fights gerrymandering in North Carolina

By Harris Wheless | December 2

Bob Phillips has dedicated for almost 20 years to making sure voters get to choose their lawmakers, but he still hasn't found the solution.

The North Carolina State Legislative building is located at 16 W. Jones St. in downtown Raleigh. The N.C. General Assembly went into a special session on Nov. 27. DTH File/Katie Sweeney

Here's an update on the North Carolina voter ID law

By Michael Taffe | November 28

With the Republican General Assembly to lose its supermajority in the New Year, legislators are pushing the final details on the voter I.D. amendment. ...