Top 10 1. EPA’s PFAS retreat is ‘a slap in the face,’ NC advocate says Will Atwater/NC Health News Two years ago, Emily Donovan stood on a stage in Fayetteville and introduced then-EPA Administrator Michael...
Top 10 2. NC House starts moving sweeping elections bill, plans to pass it this week despite opposition Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom Democrats and protesters pushed back against a sweeping elections law bill that House Republicans released Monday and...
Top 10 3. Election 2026: Cohn reverses, will seek reelection Alan Wooten/The Center Square With the expected blessing of party leaders in two counties he serves, state Rep. Bryan Cohn...
Top 10 4. NC Democrats unveil teacher pay bill focused on retaining veteran educators Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a teacher pay bill that would give larger raises to veteran educators,...
Top 10 5. Duke braces for impact of federal loan caps on graduate students Dylan Halper/The Duke Chronicle Starting next month, the Trump administration will impose new limitations on graduate federal loans, leaving Duke’s...
Top 10 6. The cost of school choice in Wake Jasmine Gallup/INDY Week Natalie Christley, a lifelong resident of North Carolina, originally intended to send her two children to traditional...
Top 10 7. From roofs to roads, Fort Bragg juggles $3 billion in maintenance needs Abraham Kenmore/CityView Fort Bragg has $3 billion in maintenance backlogs. That’s according to information shared by leaders at the installation...
Top 10 8. Neighborhood Theatre in NoDa shutting down for 8 weeks. What happens next? Claire Harutunian/The Charlotte Observer NoDa’s popular Neighborhood Theatre music venue said Tuesday it is closing for eight weeks this summer...
Top 10 9. Pinehurst council discusses Tufts Archives renovation Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst is making progress on a plan to renovate the Tufts Archives, but a final...
Top 10 10. Raleigh Convention Center, a downtown icon, could get a new name Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Residents will learn new details about the future name of the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday and...
Top 10 1. Brinson touts bills to ax ocean erosion-control structure ban Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online While state lawmakers consider two bills that would eliminate the state’s longstanding ban on hardened structures...
Top 10 2. Inside North Carolina’s data center boom: Where does the water go? Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News More than two dozen North Carolina communities have adopted moratoriums or zoning restrictions on data centers as...
Top 10 3. Ward math questions in Jacksonville lead to NC legislative push Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Nothing’s ever truly dead in the legislature. Jacksonville residents are learning that the hard way as...
Top 10 4. Immigrant labor shortages stand to harm NC’s urban economies, Kenan Institute report says Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News A shortage of immigrant labor is challenging the economies of North Carolina’s urban metros. A new report...
Top 10 5. How a 90-minute White House deadline sparked Silicon Valley’s biggest AI fight The Washington Post Just three days after artificial intelligence company Anthropic released its latest and most powerful AI model, Fable,...
