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Photo: Getty ImagesWhen I was a kid, I would sometimes ask my parents for money. Call me crazy, but I didn’t really care how much came from...

House Speaker Tim Moore discusses the Shalom Act before a House vote. (Photo: Ahmed Jallow)By a vote of 105-4, the North Carolina House on W...

Photo: Getty ImagesDemocrats on a legislative commission charged with oversight of state spending were rebuffed when they asked for informat...

(Getty images)Redbuds must die so drivers can see billboards for the Elevate Wellness Group. Rising above the freeway, over 500 square feet...

Border Patrol officers detain two men in El Paso in late March. (Photo by Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal)As a faith leader in North Ca...

New construction like this in Southeast Raleigh has helped cause property values and taxes to soar for many long-term residents. (Photo: Ant...

Photo: Getty ImagesIt’s been several years since North Carolina joined the rest of the nation by enacting “Raise the Age” legislation that d...

Public records from legislators can be a treasure trove of information, explaining how decisions were made and how taxpayer money was alloca...

Attorney General Josh Stein (L) and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) both addressed the Public School Forum of North Carolina's 2024 "Eggs and...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 7, 202...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, center, and Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, right, both Republicans, speak to reporters on the...

Demonstrators at the “Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice” at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Mo...

A Health Communities report showed that the census tract with the greatest Food Hardship index also had the highest poverty rate -- 85.7% (I...

This pipe carries water from upstream and discharges into the Cape Fear River in Wilmington. Before Chemours stopped discharging GenX into t...

Brian Lyman, editor of the Alabama ReflectorBrian Lyman, in his welcome column, launched States Newsroom’s Alabama outlet with these words:...

Sen. Michael Lee advocates for private school vouchers (Photo: Screen grab NCGA video stream)The post Legislators aim to make a bad system w...

Advocates call for better treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers during a rally in Raleigh. (File photo: Clayton Henkel) According to th...

Gov. Roy Cooper renewed his demands for more accountability in the state's private school voucher system at a Monday press event. (Photo: Ah...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speak to reporters in Statuary Hall after meeting with U.S. Speaker of th...

File photo of UNC-Chapel Hill (Photo by Eros Hoagland/Getty Images)More than 750 faculty and staff members at the University of North Carol...

Political scientist and pollster David McLennanWith North Carolina being one of the most important and hotly contested states in the upcomin...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wrote in her book “No Going Back” that she shot and killed a dog and a goat. (Goat image: USDA photo by Scott...

NC Justice Center Workers’ Rights Project Co-Director Clermont Ripley (Photo: Phyllis Nunn) Last week a pair of federal agencies announced s...

The Rescue Mission in Winston-Salem provides people with food insecurity a supermarket-like shopping experience. (Photo: Hope Zhu)This story...

Dennis Gaddy, Executive Director of the Community Success Initiative (Photo: Clayton Henkel) For most people who leave North Carolina prison...