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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein delivers a talk at UNC on Thursday afternoon about problems that affect college campuses.

NC Attorney General talks issues facing students in and out of college

By Michael Meeks | January 25

The tour, which will take place at various universities across the state, will focus on student issues like student loans, sexual assault and substance ...

NC legislators struggle for bipartisan solution to gerrymandering issue

By Jared Weber | January 25

North Carolina Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a second lower-court redistricting order against state House and Senate districts they ...

In NC, Clinton voters pull for Tar Heels while Trump voters root for Duke

By Ana Irizarry | January 24

A new poll found Democrats have an edge in North Carolina in the upcoming midterm elections. The poll found Clinton supporters are cheering for UNC, and ...

Three Confederate statues on North Carolina's old Capitol Grounds in Raleigh, NC are under consideration for relocation.

Public hearing to be held on NC Confederate monument relocation

By Lucas Risinger | January 23

A five-member ad-hoc committee created by the North Carolina Historical Commission decided Monday there will be at least one public hearing on the possible ...

Photo illustration. Though opioid abuse rates are highest in people aged 18 to 25, colleges often do not have permanent funding to address it.

North Carolina colleges are trying to combat opioid misuse — but they lack needed funding

By Danielle Chemtob | January 22

When Alexander Smith peered through the plexiglass window of his jail cell into his father’s eyes, he saw the destruction he’d caused. Smith’s addiction ...

Trump's first year: A look back at the 45th president's ups and downs

By Anna Pogarcic | January 18

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the day Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States after a nail-biting election season. As ...

Find a Women's March near you

By Ana Irizarry | January 18

On the anniversary of the 2017 Women's March, North Carolina communities are planning to come together again to promote women's rights and other civil ...

Mark Dorosin (left) and Elizabeth Haddix (right), co-directors of the newly founded Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights, pose for a portrait outside the new center in Pittsboro, NC.

Former UNC law center employees continue fight for civil rights

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 14

After the September 2017 UNC Board of Governors vote that banned the UNC Center for Civil Rights from litigating and the abrupt termination of employees ...

Lack of broadband access creates additional obstacles for students

By Olivia Slagle | January 10

One Christmas, Elly Sprinkle and her sister drove with their father to the public library in Stokes County, North Carolina, where they used the library's ...

Congress' DACA replacement debate continues for fourth month

By Emma Boggess | January 10

Four months have passed since President Donald Trump’s September announcement repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and Congress ...

Students at East Chapel Hill High School spend time outside after school is let out.

Orange County Schools struggle to cap class size for NC legislation

By Ashley Peterson | January 9

North Carolina school districts are facing a funding crisis. In Orange County, voters approved a $120 million-dollar bond in November 2016 to renovate ...

LeRoy Frasier, one of the UNC's first African American undergraduates, dies

By Leah Asmelash | January 3

LeRoy Frasier, a Durham native who was one of the first black undergraduate students to attend UNC, died on Dec. 29, in New York City due to heart failure. ...

Word on the street: State leaders give Tar Heels finals advice

By Anna Pogarcic | December 6

Finals are coming up, and students are looking for guidance on how to handle studying and finishing up final projects.

PROSPER Act could make first changes to Higher Education Act since 2008

By Blake Weaver | December 4

A proposed U.S. House bill by the Committee on Education and the Workforce could bring sweeping reform to higher education policy.

UNC graduate students speak against proposed tax bill

By Mitra Norowzi | December 3

UNC graduate students spoke out against the proposed U.S. House of Representatives' tax plan Friday in a panel hosted by the Carolina Young Democratic ...

Conservative Raleigh think tank asks donors to reconsider Giving Tuesday

By Payne Lubbers | December 3

On Monday, a conservative think tank in Raleigh asked its supporters to think twice about making charitable donations on Giving Tuesday, calling it a ...

Tillis, Burr oppose Trump's EPA nomination

By Emma Boggess | November 28

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., have expressed opposition towards Michael L. Dourson, President Donald Trump’s nominee ...

These three Supreme Court cases could affect North Carolinians

By Danielle Chemtob | November 19

The cases being considered in the U.S. Supreme Court this term are set to have major ramifications for political representation, constitutional rights ...

Robeson write-ins elected after no candidates filed to run — again.

By Keely Hendricks | November 19

Some municipal elections in Robeson County, N.C. had no candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot.

North Carolina looks toward Virginia elections as 2018 midterms approach

By Payne Lubbers | November 15

Last week, Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in the highly publicized Virginia gubernatorial race — an important victory for Democrats ...