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CT company named vendor for NC elections upgrade
ReFrame Solutions has been chosen as the winning vendor to modernize the State Elections Information Management System for the NC State Board of Elections.
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NC ranks 13th on national education freedom index
The Tar Heel State ranks 13th in a new index of how well the 50 states provide different educational options for parents in 2026. Released Jan. 21 by the American Legislative Exchange Council, the results show that North Carolina dipped slightly from its 2025 ranking when the state placed 12th overall, but its score was still enough...
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Art Pope receives National Review Institute’s Buckley Prize for Leadership
The John William Pope Foundation has donated more than $250 million to public policy research, education, the arts, and humanitarian causes since its founding in 1986.
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Lawmakers approve new NC congressional districts
Republican lawmakers approved new congressional districts in North Carolina, likely securing an extra GOP seat for 2026.
Opinion
The tale of 2 North Carolinas
A kid growing up in Lumberton, North Carolina, should have the same opportunity as my kids do in the Triangle. The opportunity to be an entrepreneur. The opportunity to get a good education. The opportunity to rise.
Opinion
NC should reject backdoor marijuana legalization
The bill proposes to ban some intoxicating hemp products while legalizing recreational marijuana if it's derived from hemp and sold to people over 21.
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AG Jackson adds NC to lawsuit challenging Trump NIH cuts
On Monday, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit with 21 other states, seeking to prevent funding cuts to the National Institute of Health (NIH).
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Jackson joins other Democrat AGs suing over Trump birthright citizenship order
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined Democrats serving as AG in 17 other states and the District of Columbia in a new federal lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
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Jackson sues landlords for using software algorithm to set rental rates
Newly sworn-in Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a lawsuit alongside the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and nine other state attorneys general suing landlords for what they say is raising rent and "frustrating the natural forces of competition."
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Daschle, Gephardt file brief opposing Griffin in NC Supreme Court ballot dispute
Two former Democratic congressional leaders lead a group of seven former congressmen opposing Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to move an election dispute from federal court to state court. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, two additional Democrats, and three Republicans filed a motion Tuesday seeking to submit an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief in Griffin’s lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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Cooper equates Helene disaster to his public school ’emergency’
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper has a red banner across the top of the governor.nc.gov website about donating to recovery efforts after the Helene disaster, rotating it with the announcement of his "education emergency."
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Death toll rises to 30 in NC from Hurricane Helene
Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller updated media Sunday evening to say that there are 30 confirmed deaths from Hurricane Helene, a number that is rising as rescue and recovery units get to areas of Western North Carolina that had been cut off by collapsed roads and mudslides.
