In the rankings of political upsets from November 2016, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s defeat was a distant second. Still, when the Republican best known for signing the transgender bathroom …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The Raleigh News and Observer – Four months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina’s most powerful elected officials finally sat down to meet and discuss the …
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Martha Quillin, The Raleigh News and Observer – A century and a half after the end of the Civil War, the Confederate Army is back on the move, and strategists …
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Josh Shaffer, The Raleigh News and Observer – Five years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center complied a list of Confederate symbols across North Carolina, tallying 140 rebel monuments and …
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Will Duran, The Raleigh News and Observer – North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature is wrapping up redistricting. This is a once-in-a-decade process — unless courts step in and order it to …
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Will Doran, The Raleigh News and Observer – North Carolina lawmakers have begun posting draft versions of new congressional maps online, with the options so far indicating that GOP leaders …
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