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NC AG Jackson: Duke Energy Gave Wrong Info About Rate Hike Under Oath
In the latest volley in a public feud between North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Duke Energy, Jackson accused the utility of providing incorrect information under oath. Kendal Bowman, North Carolina President for Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas, said during her testimony in front of the North…
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NC House Delays Vote on Hemp Ban as Advocates Pack Hallways
The NC House of Representatives will not vote on a bill that would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state until November. That’s after hundreds of hemp advocates filled the halls of the legislative building on Tuesday — and despite strong support for the bill by law enforcement leaders. Last…
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Top Education Panel Says ‘Historic’ Teacher Pay Raises Not Enough
Just weeks after the North Carolina General Assembly passed a $34-billion state budget that included 8% average pay raises for teachers over two years, the state’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education said it’s not enough. The bipartisan panel — assembled in March by Democratic NC Gov. Josh Stein; Senate President Pro Tem…
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State Board Changes NC Election Rules in Lead-up to Midterms
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has approved a measure that will make it easier to disqualify certain absentee ballots ahead of the 2026 midterms. Members voted 3-2 along party lines on Monday, July 20. The measure allows county elections board staff to take further action on ballots with…
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NC Educators Plan May Day March on Raleigh for Public School Funding
Medora Burke-Scoll drove an hour from Mebane to Raleigh early Thursday morning to join other educators urging state lawmakers to repeal the scheduled elimination of the North Carolina corporate income tax. Burke-Scoll, a science teacher at Eastern High School and president of the Alamance-Burlington Association of Educators, said her school…
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NC Cannabis Report: Shut Off Kids’ Access, Allow ‘Regulated Adult Market’
Unregulated sales of intoxicating cannabis products have created a “wild west” where items are sold with no testing, uniform labeling or potency limits, a state advisory council said in a report on cannabis in North Carolina released on April 2. The North Carolina legislature needs to pass a law regulating…
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Federal Judge Upholds NC Law Removing Voters for Undeliverable Mail
A federal judge upheld a 2023 North Carolina law allowing voter registrations to be denied after just one address verification card is returned as undeliverable, marking a second victory for the General Assembly’s ballot restrictions in a single day. Previously, voters would receive two mailed address verification requests from the…
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Tariffs Could Wipe Out Nearly a Third of NC Farm Income, Report Says
Retaliatory tariffs could have harsh economic consequences for North Carolina’s agricultural sector, according to a new report from the John Locke Foundation. Over the past year, President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on foreign imports to the US. Major trade partners like the European Union, China and Canada imposed retaliatory…
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Trump Order Halts Full Dispersal of SNAP Benefits in NC
After issuing partial November benefits to North Carolinians who participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, on Friday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) was on track to issue the remaining full benefits over the weekend. However, a decision by the White House…
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Looming SNAP Pause Will Impact 1.4M North Carolinians in Urban and Rural Counties Alike
The SNAP federal food assistance program helps feed a total of 1.4 million North Carolinians. They will all stop receiving benefits this week, when the federal government halts payment amid a continuing shutdown in Washington. Every county in North Carolina will feel the effects, but counties with the most…
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Republican Control in DC Could Derail Medicaid Expansion in NC
Health insurance coverage on which millions of Americans rely — Medicaid and plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — were scarcely mentioned during the presidential campaign but may face extensive changes in President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania last month, House Speaker Mike…
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OPINION: What Banning In Vitro Fertilization Means
Imagine you want something you believe will bring you joy for the rest of your life. To achieve your goal, you need help. It may take several attempts and methods may change as needed, but you and your helper make a good plan. Imagine that someone who does not know you or…
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NC Republicans Seek Voter Purge That Could Violate Federal Law
Republicans want the courts to kick 225,000 voters off the North Carolina rolls by the end of next week. The North Carolina Republican Party and the Republican National Committee said in a lawsuit filed Monday in Wake County that the State Board of Elections failed to act when resident Carol…
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