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SC high court rejects GOP vouchers, says taxpayer dollars can’t pay private...
Photo: Getty ImagesCOLUMBIA, SC — The South Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out the state’s fledgling K-12 voucher program as unconstitutional, leaving GOP leaders scrambling on what to tell parents...
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GOP leaders talk “election security” in NC amid flurry of party lawsuits
Michael Whatley (right), chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks to reporters as North Carolina GOP chairman Jason Simmons looks on at the NC GOP headquarters in Raleigh on Sept. 14, 2024....
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Cooper administration initiative to aid the formerly incarcerated touted at...
North Carolina DHHS Kody Kinsley (fourth from the right) alongside members of the NC FIT staff (Photo: Ahmed Jallow)Anthony Ferrera gets emotional when he talks about how the FIT Wellness program has...
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NC judge okays UNC-Chapel Hill’s digital IDs as voter identification
Photo: Getty Images/cmannphotoState law does not prevent UNC-Chapel Hill students from using their university-issued mobile identification cards as voter ID, a Wake County judge ruled Thursday. State...
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Safe storage and minimum age gun laws would curb violence, study says
A North Carolina Highway Patrol officer demonstrates how to attach a gunlock (Photo: Screenshot from NC SAFE video -- https://www.ncsafe.org/)The deadliest school shooting in Georgia history occurred...
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NC Attorney General’s office received more than 100 Helene price gouging...
Men on a four-wheeler pass a storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, at least 90 people have...
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Special counsel Jack Smith reveals new evidence against Trump in 2020...
Special counsel Jack Smith delivers remarks on a recently unsealed indictment including four felony counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Justice Department on Aug. 1, 2023 in...
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Community-based organizations urge health systems to cancel liens for...
The executive directors of nearly two dozen community-based organizations across North Carolina are urging health care providers to follow the lead of Advocate Health and cancel liens for thousands of...
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More than 2,000 people evacuated from western North Carolina prisons...
Scotland Correctional Institution, one of the largest prisons in North Carolina, will be adding to its population with inmates displaced by Hurricane Helene. Photo: Google EarthThe North Carolina...
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Crime is down, FBI says, but politicians still choose statistics to fit their...
U.S. flags fly outside FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. The FBI’s latest national crime report, released in late September, shows an overall 3% decline in violent crime in 2023 compared with the...
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North Carolina AG sues TikTok, alleging the app is addictive and ‘harmful’ to...
(Photo: Getty Images)North Carolina’s attorney general sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on Tuesday, alleging that the app is addictive for children and demanding the company change its...
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U.S. Supreme Court considers Biden administration regulation of ‘ghost guns’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a federal firearm regulation aimed at reining in ghost guns, untraceable, unregulated weapons made from kits. In this photo, a ghost gun is displayed before...
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Candidates for NC Supreme Court highlight differing judicial philosophies
Jefferson Griffin and Allison Riggs are vying this November for a seat on the NC Supreme Court. (Courtesy photo)Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court,...
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Federal appeals court weighs fate of DACA program
Demonstrators in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during a rally in support of DACA program participants in 2019 (Photo: Robin Bravender/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — After concluding oral arguments...
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Reproductive rights: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was issued electronically, is seen on June 24, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The court’s decision overturned the...
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Mark Robinson sues CNN and ex-porn store clerk, alleging reports about him...
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (left) and his attorney Jesse Binnall hold a news conference to announce a lawsuit against CNN and Louis Money of Greensboro in Raleigh, North Carolina on Oct. 15,...
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Ex-porn store clerk asks judge to toss Mark Robinson’s lawsuit against him, CNN
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson during his appearance at the Republican National Convention in July. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)A former clerk at a Greensboro pornography store is asking...
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Tenant advocacy organizations call for 90-day ‘pause’ on evictions in...
About 75 people gathered at the Buncombe County Courthouse on Wednesday to call for a 90-day moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. (Photo: Courtesy of the Western North Carolina Tenants...
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Federal judge partially dismisses faulty NC voter registration form lawsuit
The Alton Lennon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wilmington, NC (Photo: https://www.gsa.gov)This report was first published by Carolina Public Press. WILMINGTON — On his way to the federal...
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Attorney General’s office files lawsuit targeting illegal robocalls
The North Carolina Attorney General's office is suing a firm it accuses of unlawful robocalling. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced Friday a series of...
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