North Carolina Democratic lawmakers on Monday unveiled their to-do list if they got back some or all power at the Legislative Building after November, promising to raise teacher pay to the national average, expand Medicaid and...
Read MoreThe annual session of the North Carolina General Assembly begins as thousands of teachers descend on the Legislative Building for a school funding rally. That should slow down formal lawmaking activity on the first day...
Read MoreNorth Carolina is one of 30 locations nationwide where the Poor People’s Campaign is launching its six weeks of nonviolent direct action. Campaign officials say activists will protest Monday at the Bicentennial Mall in Raleigh,...
Read MoreThe North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday quickly rejected a challenge to regulators who decided a clean-energy advocacy group broke electric-service rules by selling solar power to a church. The justices heard oral arguments...
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to raise teacher pay higher on average than what the state...
Read MoreA legislative committee has agreed to more than a dozen recommendations on how to improve K-12 school safety in North Carolina that leave out any new gun restrictions or harsher penalties for bringing weapons to schools or...
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A federal judge is slashing $50 million in damages that a jury awarded neighbors of an industrial...
Read MoreNorth Carolina lawmakers have several hundred million dollars more at their disposal as they adjust the two-year state budget because state government has a slight surplus this year. The legislature’s fiscal agency and Gov. Roy...
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As a North Carolina commission considers the fate of three prominent Confederate monuments, the...
Read MoreState officials say flu-related deaths in North Carolina have reached a modern-day record this season. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that one person died from flu in the past week, bringing this...
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