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Texas court dismissed the Obama Administration’s interpretation of Title IX, keeping transgender students from using their gender identified bathroom.

Texas court challenges Title IX use for gender identity protections

By Kent McDonald | August 26

A Texas federal court’s decision Sunday challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s interpretation that Title IX includes gender identity in its ...

Trump campaign switches North Carolina director amid controversy

By Caroline Metzler | August 25

The Donald Trump campaign recently hired a new state director for North Carolina amid a string of changes three months before the November election.

UNC campus recreational spaces are limited

Anti-HB2 beer has raised more than $42,000 for equality organizations

By Olivia Schaber | August 25

The beer is flowing and so is the money for “Don’t Be Mean to People: A Golden Rule Saison”— a beer campaign created in response to House Bill ...

Graduate assistants at Duke, other universities granted collective bargaining rights

By Danielle Chemtob | August 25

Graduate assistants at private universities now have the right to collectively organize thanks to a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday ...

DEA keeping marijuana a Schedule I drug for high abuse potential

By Olivia Slagle | August 24

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced in early August that marijuana will remain a Schedule I controlled substance, following an April decision ...

NC Senate race heats up with challenger Deborah Ross

By Sam Killenberg | August 24

A little-known former North Carolina legislator has surged ahead in the polls over incumbent Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., for his seat in the U.S. Senate. ...

NC private prison among 14 impacted by Department of Justice announcement

By Danielle Chemtob | August 23

When Elizabeth Forbes, director of the prisoner advocacy group NC-CURE, received a call from a family whose incarcerated son was planning to commit suicide, ...

'Racial gerrymanders' to stand on election day

By Corey Risinger | August 23

Come election day, some North Carolina voters will submit their ballots within unconstitutional districts — following a ruling early this month by a ...

Orange County has recently experienced a surge in new voter registrations as North Carolina’s primary approaches.

NC counties scramble with early voting plans after ID law struck down

By Sharon Nunn | August 23

Local counties are scrambling to submit early voting plans to the State Board of Elections after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down North ...

Third parties in North Carolina fight for ballot access

By Benji Schwartz | August 22

In what appears to be an increasingly contentious presidential race in North Carolina, the Real Clear Politics polling average shows that only 83.7 percent ...

Governor McCrory asks U.S. Supreme Court to issue stay in voter I.D. case

By Benji Schwartz | August 15

Following a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that overturned North Carolina's voter I.D. law at the end of July, Gov. Pat McCrory has asked ...

Federal panel struck down NC redistricting plans, calling them "racial gerrymanders"

By Corey Risinger | August 11

A three-judge federal panel struck down North Carolina’s 2011 State House and Senate redistricting map today due to its “racial gerrymanders.”

Federal court finds 'discriminatory intent,' rejects N.C. voter ID law

By Corey Risinger | July 29

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned North Carolina’s voter-identification law Friday, acknowledging the state’s history of racial and ...

Federal court blocks NC voter ID law, citing 'racially discriminatory intent'

By Staff reports | July 29

A federal appeals court ruled North Carolina's voter ID law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act — writing ...

State budget cuts UNC funding, freezes tuition

By Cole Stanley and Jamie Gwaltney | July 20

The state budget, passed on July 14, included changes impacting the UNC system. Policy in the budget created an in-state tuition freeze for all schools ...

NC Sen. Burr passes three bills in one week

By Cole Stanley | July 20

Last week, North Carolina Senator Richard Burr had three of his bills passed by the U.S. Senate, one being passed by a unanimous vote. State and National ...

McCrory signs body cam bill

By Cole Stanley | July 14

Ten to fifteen percent of North Carolina law enforcement agencies currently deploy body cameras, but that figure is increasing rapidly, according ...

On the money: Q&A with N.C. Rep. Nelson Dollar

By Cole Stanley | July 14

Nelson Dollar was instrumental in the passage of the most recent North Carolina state budget. He gave an interview to state and national editor Cole ...

On the money: Q&A with N.C. Rep. Verla Insko

By Cole Stanley | July 14

Nelson Dollar was instrumental in the passage of the most recent North Carolina state budget. He gave an interview to state and national editor Cole Stanley ...

Wake County election maps unconstitutional

By Jared Weber | July 14

The United States Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that new Wake County election maps for Board of Commissioners and Board of ...