State health officials say the death toll from the flu in North Carolina has reached 200, putting it within reach of the record 218 deaths reported twice in the last three years. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services...
Read MoreA trial over the legality of a North Carolina law canceling primary elections this year for state appellate court judgeships is scheduled for late spring. During a hearing Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Peake set a June 7...
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s largest health insurer said Thursday its windfall from the new federal tax cut will hold down rate increases in the future, but this year it will use it to give charities $40 million and pay employees a $1,000...
Read MoreArguments over the legitimacy of a December 2016 special legislative session called by North Carolina Republicans centered Wednesday on what “adequate notice” and the constitutional right for state residents to “instruct” their...
Read MoreSeveral election advocacy groups have sued to try again to block legislative districts in one North Carolina county from being used in this year’s elections. Democracy North Carolina, the state NAACP and League of Women Voters...
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The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism,...
Read MoreNorth Carolina House members with education, law enforcement and mental health policy backgrounds will serve on a special committee to examine K-12 school safety standards and recommend any changes. House Speaker Tim Moore...
Read MoreProblems identifying protesters on video hindered North Carolina prosecutors on Monday as they sought to hold demonstrators responsible for toppling a Confederate statue last summer. A judge dismissed the criminal cases against...
Read MoreLegislators sounded cautious and divided Thursday about the North Carolina lottery’s latest pitch to expand online sales, with some worried it could cannibalize ticket sales at convenience stores and complicate flushing out...
Read MoreState health officials said Thursday 17 more people have died from the flu in North Carolina, the fifth straight week in which more than 10 people have died from the virus. There were no pediatric deaths in the latest report...
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