With 99 percent of precincts reported, the N.C. Supreme Court seat 6 race remains too close to call. Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs has won 50.03 percent of the vote, while Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin has won 49.97 percent of the vote.
Here are the results for the other eight Council of State races with over 99 percent of precincts reporting:
Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson, (NC-14) won Tuesday’s general election for the state’s attorney general position.
City & State Editor Lucy Marques and assistants Kathryn DeHart and Sophie Baglioni are joined by senior writer Annika Duneja on this episode of Before You Vote. The group delves into Duneja's recent story on the history of student voter turnout, analyzing the factors that persuade and dissuade student voters from participating in general elections.
In this first episode of Before You Vote 2024, City & State Editor Lucy Marques is joined by assistant editors Kathryn DeHart and Sophie Baglioni to cover how to vote in the upcoming general election. The trio recaps how to register to vote in North Carolina, request an absentee ballot and vote early. At the end of this episode, each editor shares their plan to cast their ballots in the 2024 elections.
“Power and the way that it is marshaled as a resource is really enticing as a political tool,” Meredith Clark, an associate professor at UNC Hussman said. “And DEI is a way for political figures to divide different folks and get them to think about one another as enemies or as different.”
North Carolina has the 4th highest percentage of medical debt in the country. According to 2022 data from the Urban Institute, 20 percent of North Carolina residents have medical debt — equating to more than 2 million individuals.
July 22 will mark one year after a fire broke out at Mediterranean Deli — a restaurant on Franklin Street — while a contractor was doing roofing work. The projected reopening date is at the end of December at its original location at 410 W. Franklin St.
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled to reject proposed restrictions on accessing mifepristone — commonly referred to as the abortion pill — reinforcing nationwide availability of abortion pills.
The Orange County Schools Board of Education met on June 10 to discuss school nutrition, bus driver pay, teacher retention and the after-school program with the YMCA. It was the board's final meeting of the 2023-24 session, and their next meeting will occur on Aug. 5.
