WRAL – A bill that could be on the Senate floor by the end of the week would make unauthorized possession of the deadly narcotic fentanyl a felony. Simple possession …
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AP – Robinhood, the stock-trading app company, will build a customer service center in North Carolina, creating nearly 400 jobs by 2025, officials announced on Tuesday.

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AP – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday a three-month extension of the statewide eviction moratorium that had been set to expire at the end of March. The updated …
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Gary Robertson,  AP – An organization committed to ending mass incarceration in North Carolina and demanding racial equity in criminal justice called out Attorney General Josh Stein on Tuesday, saying …
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Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina Democratic lawmakers unveiled four bills on Tuesday they say are aimed at ensuring LGBTQ residents have greater legal protections. Most of the legislative package …
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Will Doran, News & Observer – For years, North Carolina politicians on both sides of the aisle have used gerrymandering to reduce some voters’ influence and try to rig the …
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AP – A judge in North Carolina has denied a group’s request to block the planned demolition of a monument to Confederate governor Zebulon Vance in the city of Asheville.

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AP – North Carolina’s constitution still includes an unenforceable relic of the Jim Crow era — a voter literacy test. Some state lawmakers are trying, again, to do away with …
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T Keung Hui, News & Observer – North Carolina Senate Republican leaders want schools to emphasize the use of phonics to help deal with how many young children are having …
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NC Watchdog Reporting Network – Accountability journalism is sometimes bigger than competition. That’s been a central tenet of the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network, a coalition of dozens of reporters and …
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