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DEA considers reclassifying Marijuana

By Olivia Slagle | April 18

The Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to reconsider the classification of marijuana in the first half of 2016.

Q&A with political expert on a brokered convention

By Kelsey Mason | April 17

As the Republican National Convention date approaches in July, the Republican nominee still remains unclear, with the possibility of a contested convention ...

Board of Governors meets uninterrupted

By Sierra Dunne | April 14

It's the time of year when everyone's thinking about graduation — and evidently, the BOG Budget and Finance Committee is no exception.

"Damage already done," McCrory's executive order unlikely to aid re-election

By Haley McDougal | April 13

When N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory issued an executive action Tuesday, he included sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s nondiscrimination policy. ...

South Carolina introduces its own "bathroom bill"

By Sam Killenberg | April 13

A “bathroom bill” modeled after North Carolina’s House Bill 2 faced scrutiny in the South Carolina Senate Wednesday.

Durham deportation case stalls for appeals

By Ana Irizarry | April 13

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will await the outcome of Wildin David Guillen- Acosta’s immigration proceedings before taking further action. ...

Report: HB2 has cost Wake County more than $700,000

By Liz Bell | April 12

For Taylor Mingos, House Bill 2 revives the same problems his company faced four years ago when same-sex marriage-banning Amendment One was passed.

When IDs don't match: How new voter ID laws affect the transgender community

By Haley McDougal | April 12

When UNC junior Giulia Curcelli bought alcohol at Harris Teeter a few months ago, they presented their ID like anyone else — but then came the questioning. Curcelli, ...

McCrory backtracks on parts of HB2 in executive action, bathroom provision still stands

By Benji Schwartz | April 12

Sexual orientation and gender identity are now included in the state's nondiscrimination policy thanks to an executive action signed by North Carolina ...

Openly gay LGBT activist to assume vacancy in N.C. House

By Shweta Mishra | April 11

Guilford County Democrats elected an LGBT rights leader Saturday to fill a vacancy left in the N.C. legislature with the March death of House Rep. Ralph ...

Resources limited for students arrested abroad

By Tat'yana Berdan | April 11

The recent arrest and sentencing of a University of Virginia student in North Korea has raised concern about resources available to students who get in ...

Wave goodbye to wind turbines: renters say no to alternative energy source

By Kent McDonald | April 11

For Annah Bachman, a UNC first-year and Kitty Hawk resident, the Outer Banks are nothing without their views.

HB2 draws responses from Spellings, Folt amidst criticism

By Danielle Chemtob | April 10

Criticism of North Carolina’s university system following the passage of House Bill 2 elicited a response Friday from UNC-system President Margaret ...

Bruce Springsteen battles NC law

By Jenni Ciesielski | April 10

In the eyes of the Boss, North Carolina is now part of the “Badlands.”

Hearings held for proposed African-American statue on N.C. capitol grounds

By Hari Chittilla | April 10

Plans for a statue commemorating African Americans on the grounds of the North Carolina Capitol are underway, and the governor's office continues to seek ...

Spellings, Folt come out against House Bill 2

By Danielle Chemtob | April 8

Amidst bathroom sit-ins across UNC-system campuses today in protest of House Bill 2, President Margaret Spellings clarified the universities' responsibility ...

Supreme Court upholds one person, one vote

By Olivia Slagle | April 7

The U.S. Supreme Court voted unanimously Monday to uphold states' abilities to draw legislative districts based on total population.

HB 2 has ‘Wicked’ repercussions across NC

By Jenni Ciesielski | April 7

Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz is no longer singing the praises of North Carolina.

McCrory to raise issue of teacher salaries

By Kent McDonald | April 7

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory proposed raising the average teacher salary in the state to more than $50,000 on Tuesday.

Roy Cooper refuses to defend McCrory as race intensifies

By Corey Risinger | April 6

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper have found contention in the bathrooms and not the ballot boxes.