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At their meeting on Thursday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) unanimously approved early voting plans for 80 counties in this November’s General Election. All 80 counties plans were unanimous.
NC-9 is rated a solid R district by the Cook Political Report, which was last updated Nov. 17, 2025, as an R+8 district.
Instead of asking whether electricity bills are high, the Energy Poverty Index asks a more meaningful question: high for whom?
House Majority Leader Brenden Jones warns new State Health Plan tiers will raise rural patients’ costs and threaten local hospitals.
New documents offer details about the proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit over solitary confinement of juveniles in North Carolina.
Gov. Josh Stein and top legislative leaders hope to split upcoming North Carolina Supreme Court arguments into two parts. One would focus on changes to Stein’s power to fill judicial vacancies. The other would cover appointment shifts to state boards and commissions.
A federal lawsuit involving the Confederate monument outside the Tyrrell County courthouse in Columbia is over. All parties submitted a stipulation of dismissal Thursday.
North Carolina’s Office of Charter Schools has nobody on staff who can evaluate a virtual charter school, its executive director told the State Board of Education on Aug. 5, even as remote charter academies nearly double to 19 this fall.
Republicans in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District are moving quickly to select a replacement nominee following Congressman Chuck Edwards’ withdrawal from the race. The program also looks at the Department of Public Instruction’s first-year update on Superintendent Mo Green’s strategic plan, highlighting baseline results collected before the plan’s implementation. Andy Jackson of the John Locke […]
North Carolina is focusing on the right problem — and appears to be slowly walking towards the right solutions.
Western North Carolina Republicans will meet Monday to replace Chuck Edwards on the ballot, with no second primary and a short timeline before November.