Confusion sparked like a flickering power pole light after Duke Energy urged customers to conserve electricity earlier this month due to cold weather. Many, still scarred by 2022’s Christmas Eve’s outages, feared rolling blackouts were brewing again.
For years, North Carolina voting rights groups, advocates, and voters have fought back against state Republican’s voter suppression efforts. In their latest attempt, Republicans passed a controversial elections law that could prevent many North Carolinians from exercising their right to vote.
Chief Justice Paul Newby’s tenure on the North Carolina Supreme Court has been marred by accusations of politicization and a disregard for judicial impartiality.
Months after its passage, the North Carolina Republican’s version of the Don’t Say Gay bill has been retooled by school districts across the state, and in the coming weeks, parents can expect to see changes regarding information about their student.
In the lead-up to North Carolina’s 2024 gubernatorial primary election, a stark divide between the Democratic and Republican candidates on their views of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol remains evident.
If you missed the fireworks on New Years Eve you can ring in 2024 with the dazzling NC Chinese Lantern festival in Cary, featuring 40 new handcrafted lantern displays and a 21 foot tall dragon.
A coalition comprising six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), along with the state’s sole Historically American Indian University (HAIU), has been established to enhance accessibility to the biopharmaceutical industry, according to WUNC.
A federal appeals court ruled this month that Texas hospitals cannot be required to perform emergency abortions to stabilize the life of a patient, despite federal guidance that advises the contrary.
It may be a new year, but it’s the same old story for around 55,000 of North Carolina’s minimum-wage workers because – for the 15th straight year – the NC General Assembly did not pass a wage hike for them, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
More eligible North Carolinians will have access to the ballot box this year, as the State Board of Elections added to the list of approved student and employee IDs that can be used to vote in the upcoming election.