51st state

Seed to shelf: Why NC’s nicotine rules should apply to vapes, too

Walk into any given convenience store or smoke shop and buy a vape. No one can tell you where it was made or what is in it, and there’s no guarantee the clerk bothers to ID.

NC ranks No. 36 in bipartisan state report card

A bipartisan Tulane report ranks North Carolina No. 36 of 51 states across 31 quality-of-life measures, with slipping eighth-grade reading scores among the weak spots even as math improves.

Appeals Court could hear NC ‘ballot selfie’ case in mid-September

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals could hear oral arguments in mid-September in a case challenging North Carolina’s ban against “ballot selfies.”

Order ends lawsuit over noncitizen voter removal linked to jury lists

A Wake County Superior Court order Monday officially ended Republicans’ lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections over removing noncitizens from voting rolls after they are identified through jury questionnaires.