Sophie Baglioni is a 2024-2025 assistant city & state editor. She was previously a city & state senior writer. Sophie is a sophomore pursuing a double major in media and journalism and political science, with a minor in Spanish for the professions.
After serving as the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools superintendent for more than four years, Nyah Hamlett announced on Wednesday afternoon that she will depart from the position at the district on June 30.
The N.C. Supreme Court issued an order on Tuesday morning prohibiting the North Carolina State Board of Elections from certifying Democratic Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs as the winner in the race for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court.
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.
