Top 10 9. Lottery funding not what it’s cracked up to be Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer When Haywood County Schools Superintendent Trevor Putnam got a call asking the school system to be...
Top 10 10. NAACP joins fight for Chemours to disclose documents Coastal Review Online An area branch of the NAACP has joined the fight to keep Chemours and its predecessor company...
Local House Agriculture backs repeal of solar tax break Rep. Jimmy Dixon’s drive to repeal a property tax break for solar-power farms cleared its first committee hurdle on Wednesday,...
Top 10 1. NC emerges as southern hub for abortion access amid new regional restrictions Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News North Carolina has emerged as a vital access point for abortion care in the South in...
Top 10 2. NC House votes to ban DEI policies, programs in state government Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The state House voted 68-45 along party lines Wednesday to ban diversity, equity and inclusion in state...
Top 10 3. North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press A North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday that a law stripping the governor’s authority to...
Top 10 4. Resolution reached in cases related to deadly crash involving UNC students, football players Sarah Krueger/WRAL News The majority of the cases related to the January 2024 crash that killed University of North Carolina...
Top 10 5. Most people flagged by ICE in NC are not taken into custody, study shows Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Those who are taken into ICE custody typically arrive at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Data...
Top 10 6. Former president of St. Augustine’s University sues school for 2nd time WTVD News The former president of Saint Augustine’s University, Dr. Christine McPhail, is once again suing the school and two...
Top 10 7. A proliferation of proposed NC election bills reveal a pattern: partisan ones lead the pack Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press There’s never an off year for elections. At least not in the state legislature. This session,...
Top 10 8. Stein, Hunt, and Green urge Congress to maintain funding for Head Start Mebane Rash/Education NC Gov. Josh Stein joined the Smart Start Conference in Greensboro on Wednesday to highlight his priorities for...
Top 10 9. Local sheriffs push back against Tillis’ ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ claims April Laissle/WFDD Radio Senator Thom Tillis has released a map labeling nine North Carolina counties “sanctuary jurisdictions” for undocumented immigrants....
Top 10 10. Moore County Schools announces leadership appointments The (Southern Pines) Pilot Moore County Schools has announced several leadership appointments within the district, effective July 1. The following...
Top 10 1. Bill banning foreign farmland ownership passes NC Senate hurdle Christine Zhu/NC Newsline The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban certain foreign...
Top 10 2. Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories Josh Boak & Alexa St. John/The Associated Press President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some...