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NC General Assembly might discuss funding for Teaching Fellows

By Corey Risinger | January 20

As the last N.C. Teaching Fellows graduate this spring from UNC-CH, the N.C. General Assembly might consider whether the future of such a program will ...

On social media, state reacts to resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross

By Amanda Albright | January 16

The UNC Board of Governors announced Ross' resignation at its meeting Friday. The UNC-system president served for more than four years, navigating the ...

Obama zeroes in on cyber security

By Paige Hopkins | January 16

Hacks related to Sony and the Twitter account for U.S. Central Command have put cybersecurity at the forefront of Americans’ minds — and President ...

Medicaid confers long-term benefits

By Charles Talcott | January 16

Offering Medicaid to children can be a prudent investment, as the Medicaid recipients are expected to pay back more than half the costs of the program ...

Low gas prices to stay in 2015

By Cole del Charco | January 15

UNC students who commute to work or want to head home more often will welcome the news that low gas prices are likely here to stay for the rest of 2015. ...

Q&A with Asian studies chairwoman Nadia Yaqub

By Marisa Bakker | January 14

Gunmen attacked the headquarters of French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7 after the magazine published cartoons satirizing the Prophet ...

Education on state legislature’s new agenda

By Corey Risinger | January 14

The N.C. General Assembly will return to Raleigh for the 2015 legislative session today, leaving policy analysts to speculate about the issues — including ...

Obama threatens to veto pipeline

By Charles Talcott | January 14

he newly Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted Monday to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, but President Barack Obama is expected to veto the legislation ...

Tim Moore, the next N.C. House speaker, received a great deal of news coverage from The Daily Tar Heel during his time as speaker of Student Congress at UNC in 1991. Moore graduated in 1992. DTH file photo.

NC House Speaker to-be Tim Moore has contentious past

By Nick Niedzwiadek | January 13

Tim Moore is slated to become one of the most powerful politicians in North Carolina on Wednesday, assuming the role of speaker of the N.C. House. More ...

Matt Hughes hopes to lead Orange County Democrats again

By Shantan Krovvidi | January 13

The Democratic Party is looking to rebound from its statewide losses in November’s midterm elections, and Orange County Democratic Party chairman Matt ...

Paul Tine, member of NC House, leaves Democrats

By Sara Svehla | January 12

Paul Tine, a member of the N.C. House of Representatives, has decided to leave the Democratic Party and, as of Friday, has joined the General Assembly’s ...

Tuition-free community college plan debated

By Elizabeth Matulis | January 12

President Barack Obama's announcement on Friday that he wants to offer U.S. students two years of free community college has sparked a nationwide conversation ...

In talks with Obama, McCrory considers Medicaid expansion

By Charles Talcott | January 9

Governor Pat McCrory, along with four other governors, traveled to the White House on Tuesday to talk with President Barack Obama about a variety of issues, ...

NC primaries could be earlier in 2016

By Lindsey Brunson | January 7

North Carolina voters might need to prepare for 2016 presidential campaign ads and rallies much earlier than the state has experienced in the past.

Supreme Court might review gay marriage

By Corey Risinger | January 6

A final ruling on the constitutionality of gay marriage bans might be approaching, as the U.S.

Obama proposes law enforcement reforms following unrest in Ferguson

By Charles Talcott | December 5

In the midst of a heightened national debate surrounding the use of police force, President Barack Obama on Monday proposed several anticipated reforms ...

Court decisions bring gay marriage to NC, other states

By Lindsey Brunson | December 3

A tidal wave of federal court decisions during fall 2014 led to legal gay marriage in North Carolina — just over two years after voters in the state ...

Adolescents suffer in adult NC prisons

By Tat'yana Berdan | December 3

North Carolina is one of two states that tries 16- and 17-year-olds as adult offenders — and some advocates want to change a state law they call harmful ...

New abortion clinic rules proposed in NC

By Sara Svehla | December 3

New regulations on North Carolina abortion clinics — mandated by a controversial law passed by the N.C. General Assembly over a year ago — are finally ...

NC Senate race an expensive affair

By Nick Niedzwiadek | December 3

A barrage of political spending and a Republican surprise defined the 2014 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina.