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A new directive to North Carolina county boards of election puts more ballots in jeopardy of being discarded, though voters will have the chance to fill out another. Absentee ballots that arrive in the wrong envelope, or that arrive unsealed in the correct envelope, will no longer automatically count but will be reject
Despite the tangle of federal court rulings concerning U.S. Postal Service control of absentee ballot delivery, North Carolina Elections Director Sam Hayes said Thursday that counties are ready to start mailing ballots to people who request them on Friday as scheduled. “All 100 county boards of elections are prepared t
On a steamy September morning, all of North Carolina’s agricultural bounty is on display at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. The boxes and crates of neatly stacked fruits and vegetables stand in stark contrast to new data that reveals a worsening hunger crisis in North Carolina. According to Feeding America’s annua
A nurse practitioner is suing over state rules that require oversight from a doctor for her to run her practice. Jamie Gallagher says in a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court that the requirement for her to have a contract with a doctor in order to practice violates her rights and is an unnecessary […]
North Carolina’s graduation rate reached a record high last school year as overall test proficiency climbed to its highest level in three years. The four-year graduation rate reached 88.8%, up from 87.8% the previous year and marking the fourth consecutive annual increase, according to results the North Carolina Depart
When members of the North Carolina House and Senate reconvene in November, they will be faced with having to decide how to regulate intoxicating hemp products. The two chambers were at odds in July over House Bill 328, which would ban hemp with more than 0.4 milligrams of THC and prohibit the sale of any […]
WASHINGTON — As public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court flags amid decisions that have roiled the nation, Democrats renewed calls ahead of the midterms to expand the high court, while House Republicans attempted but failed to pass a constitutional amendment this week that proposes to cap the number at nine. Just Monda
State leaders are breathing a sigh of relief that the Trump administration’s threats to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency have subsided. But experts say there’s still confusion about President Donald Trump’s decisions to approve or deny disaster declarations, leaving states with uncertainty about whethe
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a lower court and allow it to enforce a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting. The trial judge, Indira Talwani of the U.S. District of Massachusetts, prejudged the rule before it was final when she issued a temporary restraining
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said earlier this year he’d “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections” this fall, declining to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations throughout the country. Those comments came a few months after Trump casually
A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman barred the Trump administration from carrying out the president’s executive order that would deny citizenship to babies born in the
North Carolina is making $20 million available to expand childcare on community college and university campuses in counties affected by Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby, Gov. Josh Stein announced. The funding is part of a $75 million federal grant awarded to the state for childcare recovery in disaster-affecte
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