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S.B. 20's paid parental leave statute goes into effect for state employees

By Defne Önal | November 14

The statute entitles employees to up to eight weeks of paid leave following the birth of a child and up to four weeks after adopting or becoming a foster ...

'A way to remind people that we are still here': N.C. celebrates Native American Heritage Month

By Makenzie Mills | November 6

In October 2021, the Biden Administration officially declared November as national Native American Heritage Month because it concludes the traditional ...

N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network to aid research in public school districts

By Grace Whittemore | November 6

The N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network is a partnership made up of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the UNC School of Education and other institutions. ...

David Price to receive state’s highest civilian award for congressional service

By William Becker | November 2

Gov. Roy Cooper will present six recipients with the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor, on Nov. 9 for their contributions to ...

North Carolina sees an increasing number of partisan school board elections

By Abigail Keller | October 30

Since achieving majority control in the N.C. General Assembly in 2010, Republican lawmakers have gradually shifted the makeup of school boards by filing ...

Poll shows Chapel Hill voters have high levels of education, postgraduate degrees

By Kathryn DeHart | October 30

A recent Chapel Hill municipal election poll done by Public Policy Polling shows that 57 percent of respondent voters have postgraduate degrees. ...

State board reopens application for institutional identification to count as voter ID

By Kaitlyn Cano | October 27

The N.C. State Board of Elections has already approved UNC student and employee IDs for the ongoing municipal election, so UNC One Cards count as a valid ...

Flu, other respiratory illness cases rising per state dashboard

By Ella Aluise | October 26

Dr. Susan Kansagra, the NCDHHS assistant secretary for public health, said at this time of year, respiratory illness cases often rise because the weather ...

Jeff Jackson joins race for state attorney general after being drawn out of his district

By Ethan E. Horton | October 26

Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-N.C. 14th) announced his run for North Carolina attorney general on Thursday morning. This comes one day after he was drawn out of ...

Protesters march in Raleigh to support Palestinians as global conflict escalates

By Samuel Long | October 16

Over 1,300 people convened in Moore Square in solidarity with Palestinians to "end Israel's racist siege" of Gaza. The attendees listened to a handful ...

State awarded $6.3 million for conservation easements in Neuse River Basin

By Kaitlyn Cano | October 15

The federal grant will aid in the distribution of conservation easements in the Neuse River Basin. Evan Davis, the director of farmland preservation at ...

'A travesty for representative democracy': NCGA budget provisions affect public records law

By Sophia Fanning | October 12

The North Carolina General Assembly passed the long-awaited 2023-25 state budget at the end of September. Legislators wrote one provision that exempts ...

N.C. Land and Water Fund awards $45 million for natural spaces

By Ella Aluise | October 11

The N.C. Land and Water Fund Board of Trustees met to award $45 million of grants — out of $98 million in requests — for projects that work to protect ...

Carolina Community Academy begins its second year by increasing K-2 literacy

By Sophie Baglioni and Dallia Lindell | October 10

The Academy provides an advanced social-emotional learning opportunity for students in "low-performing" schools and districts.

Column: Why you should register to vote in Orange County

By Rebecca Savidge | October 9

"I recently changed my voting address from my hometown to Orange County – it’s an easy task that allows me to have a say about policies that will ...

Pro-choice organizations, legislators react to preliminary injunctions on abortion ban

By Grace Whittemore | October 9

“Our advocacy is going to be focusing on, first of all, making sure people can get care within the confines of the law we have in place,” Tara ...

Federal judge places injunction on parts of North Carolina's new abortion law

By Ethan E. Horton | September 30

A larger challenge to North Carolina's four-month-old abortion law will continue, but a provision requiring surgical abortions to be performed in hospitals ...

General Assembly to vote on budget by the end of the week, casinos not included

By Ethan E. Horton | September 19

Moore said a provision on casinos — which had partially caused the delay because of disagreement among the Republican supermajority — was not included ...

'We are the force for change': Student activists protest at NCGA for stricter gun legislation

By Tori Newby | September 13

“This, to me, doesn't feel like a political issue,” UNC junior Caroline Butler, a member of UNC March for Our Lives who attended the protest, said. ...

Medicaid expansion remains delayed, leaving thousands of North Carolinians uninsured

By Audrey Kashatus | September 12

“We consume a lot of debt, just to fight to live,” Penny Wingard, a North Carolinian in the coverage gap, said.