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4 council positions up for election in Chapel Hill

By Elizabeth Harvell | March 26

Of the eight member seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, four positions will be up for election in November, and members are now starting to decide ...

Ted Cruz to visit NC in April as presidential campaign gets underway

By Haley McDougal | March 25

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Opponents of Utah's firing squad law say the state has stepped back in time

By Grant Masini | March 24

Public opinion nationwide has shifted against the death penalty in the last 20 years — but Utah leaders on Monday voted to resurrect a capital punishment ...

US Presbyterian Church approves gay marriage

By Yoon Ju Chung | March 24

Strong feelings persist in some Christian communities about the inclusion of LGBT individuals — but last week, the U.S. Presbyterian Church finalized ...

Most doctors have allowed parents to delay children's vaccines, study finds

By Lauren Hong | March 20

A recent study has found that a majority of doctors have acquiesced to parents’ wishes to delay children’s vaccinations, even against the prevention ...

Greensboro’s Lynch waits for a vote

By Michael Liguori | March 20

Despite considerable qualifications and more than 130 days of waiting, U.S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is still unconfirmed by the U.S. Senate ...

Students say Board of Governors out of touch

By Langston Taylor , Sarah Brown and Bradley Saacks | March 19

A demographic analysis of the UNC student body and the Board of Governors showed slight differences between the two groups, which have often been ...

Obama's transparency questioned as new rules formalize FOIA exemption

By Haley McDougal | March 19

In the midst of Sunshine Week, President Barack Obama's administration released a set of rules Tuesday exempting the executive Office of Administration ...

NC's top judge says the state's justice system needs funds

By Yoon Ju Chung | March 18

North Carolina Chief Justice Mark Martin urged more investment for the Judicial Branch in a speech to the General Assembly on March 4. “Over the past ...

NC Attorney General Cooper’s emails targeted

By Anica Midthun | March 18

N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monday gave a speech urging government officials to be more transparent — and hours later, the N.C. Republican ...

Report questions NC’s economic recovery

By Charles Talcott | March 18

North Carolina has made significant strides since the recession, but a new report from the left-leaning N.C. Justice Center argues that communities across ...

Q&A with Jonathan Jones, director of Sunshine Center

By Amanda Albright | March 18

Sunshine Week kicked off Sunday to celebrate access to public information and open government.

UNC students lobby on Capitol Hill

By Mark Lihn | March 17

Three UNC students are visiting Washington, D.C., to lobby legislators and participate in the third annual ACC student advocacy trip this week.

Burr, Tillis among republicans who sent controversial letter to Iranian leaders

By Corey Risinger | March 15

U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina were among a coalition of 47 Republican senators to send a controversial letter to Iranian leaders ...

Ferguson police accused of systemic racial profiling

By Michael Liguori | March 6

The U.S. Department of Justice has accused the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, of systemic exploitation and discrimination against black Americans ...

Legislators knock politics of redistricting

By Kate Grise | March 5

Seventy-seven percent of North Carolina’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation is Republican — while just 55 percent of North Carolina voters ...

Israeli leader speaks to Congress

By Corey Risinger | March 5

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed through with a controversial appearance at a joint session of Congress on Tuesday — where he assailed ...

Proposal to add LGBT protections fails in Charlotte City Council

By Grant Masini | March 4

A proposed non-discrimination ordinance — which included new protections for the LGBT community — failed to pass in Charlotte on Monday after its ...

Intervention by UNC-system Board of Governors questioned

By Caroline Lamb | March 4

The recent centers and institutes review carried out by the UNC Board of Governors has sparked concerns that the board took its power over UNC-system ...

Group sues NC in support of humanist inmate

By Hallie Dean | March 2

A secular group sued the N.C. Department of Public Safety on Thursday on behalf of an inmate who practices humanism and alleges that he isn’t allowed ...