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Travis Fain, WRAL — Legislation requiring charities and other nonprofits to keep donors secret unless the donor gives written permission cleared the North Carolina House on Thursday, despite continued concerns …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Wake County school board elections would get reshuffled under legislation moving at the statehouse, staggering things so the whole board isn’t up for re-election at once. It …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — The North Carolina House approved a package of policing reforms Wednesday, including a new duty for officers to report excessive force and new databases – none …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — State senators voted Wednesday to repeal the state’s pistol purchase permit requirement. Current state law requires people who want to buy a handgun to get a …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Former state Rep. David Lewis got two years on supervised release and a $1,000 fine, but no prison time, from a federal judge Tuesday for using …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Rumors of a coronavirus outbreak set some members of the General Assembly on edge this weekend. WRAL News has confirmed two cases and an additional negative …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — Some North Carolina teachers and their allies say the state has a shortage of teachers in every core area, and they’re calling on lawmakers to boost …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — Despite fiery rhetoric inside and outside the House chamber, House lawmakers voted 72 to 41 Thursday to give final approval to their $25.7 billion budget plan. Nine …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – The General Assembly’s Republican majority laid the groundwork Thursday for a coming redraw of the state’s Congressional and legislative maps, kicking off an every-decade redistricting process …
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Jordan Wilkie, Carolina Public Press – This fall, North Carolina will pilot a new kind of post election audit, the gold-standard method to ensure the candidate declared the winner in …
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