Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Those who are taken into ICE custody typically arrive at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Data from Syracuse University shows that while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased the number of detainers sent to jails nationwide by 72%, fewer individuals are being taken into ICE...

WTVD News The former president of Saint Augustine’s University, Dr. Christine McPhail, is once again suing the school and two former board members. Dr. McPhail was fired from the role in December, 2023. At the time, she said the board of trustees told her she had been fired without providing...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press There’s never an off year for elections. At least not in the state legislature. This session, dozens of election-related bills have been filed, but a few have sped to the front of the pack: local measures making school board races partisan and those shifting municipal contests...

Mebane Rash/Education NC Gov. Josh Stein joined the Smart Start Conference in Greensboro on Wednesday to highlight his priorities for child care and early education, but he also urged North Carolina’s federal delegation to oppose efforts to eliminate the Head Start program, according to a press release. Stein, Lt. Gov....

April Laissle/WFDD Radio Senator Thom Tillis has released a map labeling nine North Carolina counties “sanctuary jurisdictions” for undocumented immigrants. Among them: Forsyth, Guilford, and Watauga. But local law enforcement officials are pushing back. “That’s not true, has no validity,” said Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough. Watauga County Sheriff Len...

The (Southern Pines) Pilot Moore County Schools has announced several leadership appointments within the district, effective July 1. The following appointments have been made: *Shaun Krencicki has been appointed as the principal of Aberdeen Elementary School; *Sandra Bare will become the principal of Southern Middle School; *Jamie Synan has been...

Christine Zhu/NC Newsline The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban certain foreign groups from purchasing farmland in the state. Senate Bill 394, “Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land,” passed without discussion after the panel approved a technical amendment. The legislation now moves...

Josh Boak & Alexa St. John/The Associated Press President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have...

Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press  The State Health Plan is deeply in debt. To get out of the red, the 750,000 employees who receive coverage will experience something many were hoping to avoid: the first significant premium increase in nearly a decade. It’s part of the strategy from Brad Briner,...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest attack on law enforcement officers in Charlotte’s history, when four officers were killed while serving a warrant. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer had been named the department’s Officer of the Month just the month before his death....

Paul Specht/WRAL News More North Carolina property owners would get new freedoms under a bill proposed by North Carolina state lawmakers. The House Committee on Regulatory Reform on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow many North Carolinians to build at least one 800-square-foot accessory dwelling unit...

Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom The North Carolina Senate has included a proposal to toll four ferry routes and raise fares on four others in its proposed budget. Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Powells Point Republican, opposed the provision. A proposal to toll the last free ferry to Hyde County’s Ocracoke is causing...

Will Atwater/NC Health News  Rural residents often face significant barriers to accessing health care. Power outages, challenging travel and extreme weather events — such as hurricanes, heat waves and floods — only worsen the challenges posed by limited access to clinics and medical specialists. This scenario recently played out in...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Haw River Assembly hosted a public information session alongside TriRiver Water representatives at Woods Charter School in northeastern Chatham County on Wednesday, April 23 to assuage citizens’ concerns about an upcoming utility merger. Following the delivery of letters by TriRiver Water to Chatham County utility customers,...

Ben Humphries/Education NC Book Harvest, a Durham-based nonprofit organization, recently announced a partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) to bring books to families across the state. Book Harvest runs initiatives that promote youth literacy, including sending newborns home from hospitals with a starter...