North Carolina legislature reconvenes to address budget, vouchers as big elections approach

The North Carolina General Assembly starts its annual work session with a little extra money to spend and limited pressing issues to address. Read More

Lawmakers should direct surplus funds to state’s critical needs

First, the good news. As North Carolina’s lawmakers crank up their every-other-year “short” session (well, sometimes it’s not so short), they’ll have the luxury of working with a healthy boost in ... Read More

Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election. Read More

Stein or Robinson? Biden or Trump? New poll shows where North Carolina stands ahead of 2024 election

If the presidential were held today, North Carolina would go to former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. Emerson College Polling and The Hill polled 1,000 North Carolinians who are ... Read More

Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More

Duane Eddy, twangy guitar hero of early rock, dead at age 86

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as "Rebel Rouser" and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll, died of cancer Tuesday, ... Read More