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State Superintendent Mark Johnson announces run for lieutenant governor

By Jamey Cross | November 12

North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson announced Tuesday that he will forgo reelection in 2020 and instead run for lieutenant ...

Court ruling mandates new congressional maps in N.C. before 2020 election

By Mark Morrison | October 31

In the midst of election season, the state court has ruled to prohibit further use of current congressional maps.

Sen. Tillis, N.C. congressmen are key figures in reviving an ICE immigration bill

By Guillermo Molero | October 30

This bill comes just months after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have forced local sheriffs to comply with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ...

'It’s time for fair maps in North Carolina': Discussion continues on state district lines

By Ben Humphries | October 27

The state court agreed with the plaintiffs and declared the redrawn maps unconstitutional on Sept. 3, and ordered them redrawn again by Sept. 19.

Lawsuit could change solitary confinement practices in the state

By Brittany McGee | October 23

The plaintiffs are seeking to represent all current and future people held in DPS custody, and they are suing for declaratory and injunctive relief. If ...

We looked into rumors that N.C. Speaker Tim Moore is going for UNC-System President

By Michael Taffe | October 19

After interim UNC-System President Bill Roper said he will not seek to serve in his role in a permanent capacity, the search for a new system president ...

The North Carolina General Assembly building is pictured in Raleigh, N.C. on Jan. 13, 2013.

Despite little movement on state budget, stand alone spending measures move to Cooper

By Hannah Correll | October 15

The majority of recent bills that the General Assembly has passed are above the continuation budget from the last fiscal year. Gov. Cooper has signed ...

'A good friend and community member': Local NAACP president honored by state branch

By Rebecca Fiely | October 13

Anna Richards, president of the local NAACP branch, won North Carolina branch president of the year.

Another gerrymandering lawsuit filed in N.C. challenges congressional district lines

By Ben Humphries | October 3

The suit requests that the court order the 2016 congressional district lines unusable and enforce the drawing of new, compliant district lines before ...

Orange County Board of Education addresses August KKK rally in Hillsborough

By Hannah Correll | September 25

Orange County Schools Board of Education released a statement denouncing the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacists and other hate groups.

Here's how N.C. A&T students are responding to their divided congressional district

By Sofia Lesnewski | August 21

While traveling through campus, students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University commonly cross between North Carolina’s 6th Congressional ...

North Carolina Congressional map can stay following Supreme Court decision

By Marin Wolf | June 27

North Carolina won't have to redraw congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it does not have a role to play in cases of partisan gerrymandering. ...

How the recent heavy rains led to Carrboro's stormwater management plan

By Diane Adame | April 22

“I think that there’s not only issues of the storm events, but the fact that our own infrastructure doesn’t even meet the current standards.”

Bill introduced to designate ice cream as official frozen treat of N.C.

By Ben Humphries | March 17

Ice cream might join North Carolina's state symbols as the official frozen treat, but the bill still needs to pass.

North Carolina legislature to consider marijuana legalization in 2019

By Michael Taffe | December 3

The N.C. General Assembly will begin talking about marijuana legalization in the new year, but if the proposal passes, it will be up to local governments ...

Common Cause N.C. held a public hearing on June 5 to raise awareness of a bill that would create a nonpartisan redistricting commission.

Supreme Court affirms gerrymandering ruling

By Natalie Short | June 6

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that found North Carolina’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered in 2011. ...

“When they’re turning and the light hits them, they just take on a different life,” said Joseph Justice, artist for the whirligig restoration effort in Wilson, N.C.

Public arts investments revitalize N.C.

By Natalie Short | May 30

Historic Downtown Wilson seems, at first, to be the center of a typical Southern small town - its streets lined with beautiful old red brick buildings ...

New bill would prevent disruptions of free speech on campus

By Bailey Aldridge | April 28

If a new bill passes in the N.C. General Assembly, public universities could be required to impose sanctions on protestors who disrupt events or prevent ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14.

After 100 days, North Carolina has yet to see big impacts from Trump's policies, promises

By Becca Heilman | April 27

As President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office wind down, much of the legislation he hoped to pass seems to have come up short.

Bunn's Barbecue is a local landmark in Windsor that has been open for 78 years. The building was formerly a doctor's office during the American Civil War. Bunn's has been flooded nine times since 1999 and continues to rebuild in the same historic spot because of the importance of the restaurant to the community. Bunn's plans to reopen in two weeks.

Poverty affects state's rural counties at higher rate than urban counties

By Lauren Kent | April 26

For the state of North Carolina, poverty lives in rolling hills.