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Photo: Getty ImagesThese days, everyone has heard of “Obamacare,” the landmark 2010 law that for the first time created consumer protections...

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025,...

Yancey County Head Start in Burnsville, North Carolina, was flooded after Hurricane Helene. A church group helped lead efforts to rebuild i...

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...

Around 110 protesters stood along Glenwood Avenue to call on Sen. Thom Tillis to hear their concerns on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Photo: Bran...

Elon Musk (Photo: Getty Images/Kevin Dietsch)Elon Musk, who has frequently and nauseatingly spoken out on the “dangers” of being empathetic...

Three NC Appeals Court judges, Tobias Hampson (D), John Tyson (R), and Fred Gore (R), hear arguments in GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin's attemp...

James Watson stands outside his home. (Photo: Greg Childress) James Watson built this deck after purchasing a Community Land Trust home in...

Rally in Raleigh protesting Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin's challenge of more than 60,000 votes in the NC Supreme Court race. (Photo...

(Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor)The North Carolina Senate approved a bill Thursday authorizing gun owners to carry handguns with...

Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs and her Republican challenger, Judge Jefferson Griffin. (Courtesy photos) Three jud...

The NC Community College System offices in downtown Raleigh. (Photo: Google maps) When 17-year-old Leon Gu died by suicide in 2020, his pare...

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: Adobe StockThe third month of the year brings plenty of excitement with March Madness, the annual tournament for men’s and women’s ba...

Gov. Josh Stein signs the latest Hurricane Helene relief bill as state lawmakers look on March 19, 2025. (Photo: Office of the Governor)Nort...

Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) reads to children at Wanda’s Little Hands, an early childhood education center. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC New...

(Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor)A day after it was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee, members of the North Carolina Sen...

(Photo: Wichayada Suwanachun/Getty Images) For elected leaders interested in improving the efficiency of government, a recent pilot health...

Photo: Getty ImagesA Senate bill would provide patients with more up-front information about hospital charges and would fine hospital CEOs w...

Dr. Devdutta Sangvai, Department of Health and Human Services (Courtesy photo)Dr. Devdutta Sangvai received unanimous support Wednesday to r...

The North Carolina House is advancing a bill that would mandate specific labeling for meat substitute products. (Photo: beef.ces.ncsu.edu/)...

Photo by Warodom Changyencham/Getty ImagesFor the sixth year in a row, Rep. Julie von Haefen has filed a bill to fully fund the state’s Lean...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein speaks to reporters as he unveils his two-year budget proposal in Raleigh on March 19, 2025. (Photo: Galen Ba...

The author says partisan gerrymandering is at the heart of an ongoing descent into authoritarianism in North Carolina. (Illustration: Clayto...