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An aerial view of the Pentagon on May 12, 2021. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase/Department of Defense)WASHINGTON — The chai...

A storm-damaged home in western North Carolina. (Photo: North Carolina Department of Commerce HUD CDBG-DR Helene recovery Action Plan)North...

Ronnie Chatterji of OpenAI, NC Treasurer Brad Briner, and Chan Park of OpenAI announce the treasurer's' office is using ChatGPT in a 12-week...

Students work in a classroom at a Wake County public school. (Photo: Galen Bacharier) North Carolina Senate leaders introduced a bill earlie...

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (left) and Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth (right) (Hegseth photo credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Tillis photo via Se...

Nicholas Hemachandra listens to his father Ray talk about the needs of people with disabilities at the NC Legislative Building. (Photo: Lynn...

Rep. Keith Kidwell (Screengrab NCGA video)  The job of governing a state of 10 million people with a 60 billion dollar annual budget is big...

New teachers in North Carolina kindergarten classrooms like this one could get more support under bill proposed by Democratic state lawmaker...

An Asheville cyclist pedals toward a "WNC Strong" billboard moving past an enormous debris pile from Helene on his right. (Photo: Clayton He...

A mixed-income housing project under construction in Durham. (Photo: Greg Childress)A bill to expand so-called “missing middle housing” stat...

A sign displayed by U.S. Senate Democrats at a Washington, DC press conference on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)...

Starlink was widely used in western North Carolina during the early days after Hurricane Helene. (Photo of storm debris by Getty Images) It...

Sen. Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus County) (Photo: NCGA video stream)Sen. Paul Newton, the chamber’s Republican point person on energy legislation...

The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline) North Carolina Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday advoc...

Photo: Getty ImagesTwo identical bills introduced this week in the North Carolina House and Senate would update the language on work require...

North Carolinians gathered in early March at the State Capitol to voice their disapproval of the Trump administration's dismantling of feder...

Photo: Getty Images/ Ariel SkelleyHealth insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots...

A projection of the likely path of Hurricane Debby in August of 2024 (Image: National Weather Service)On a panel Monday discussing the Trump...

A 7-year-old boy picks up a handgun during the 2022 National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston. The number of firearm deaths am...

Image: ncbudget.orgNearly half of North Carolina households spend more than 30% of their household income on rent, according to the NC Budge...

NC Medicaid director Jay Ludlam talks about the consequences of federal cuts to Medicaid at Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh on March...

Photo: Environmental Defense FundThe challenge posed by carbon emissions that drive climate change is one of the most important issues facin...

Prof. Mike Walden (Photo: NC State University)  Over the past few decades, one of North Carolina’s best known and most prolific economists...

Elizabeth Barber - Photo: ACLU of NC It’s been nearly a decade and a half now since Republicans legislators took control of the North Carol...

Grecia Palomar guides a group of drywall finishing apprentices at the Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest on March 23, 2023, in...