Economy Sep 21 Hurricane Florence could cost Carolina farms billions in damage In South Carolina crop damage has been estimated at $125 million so far.
Nation Sep 17 Hurricane Florence breaches manure lagoon, coal ash pit in North Carolina North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed, spilling pollution.
Politics Aug 28 North Carolina's congressional map still unlawful with partisan bias, judges rule Federal judges on Monday affirmed their earlier decision striking North Carolina's congressional districts as unconstitutional because Republicans drew them with excessive partisanship.
Politics Jan 18 North Carolina Republicans don't have to redraw maps by next week, Supreme Court rules The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed a lower-court order that would have forced North Carolina Republican lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts by next week because of excessive partisan bias in current lines.
Nation Jan 10 GOP vows to fight judges' decision to strike down North Carolina House districts A federal court's decision to strike down North Carolina's congressional map has cast uncertainty over the state's 2018 U.S. House races and thrust the state into a national debate over reducing the role of partisanship in drawing electoral districts.
Politics Jan 09 Judges say North Carolina must redraw GOP's gerrymandered map In their ruling Tuesday, the judges ordered the General Assembly to approve another set of districts by Jan. 24.
Nation Nov 06 Judge denies North Carolina's request to drop election software from company targeted by Russian hackers The election board's staff is still investigating what they call the malfunctioning of the e-books at five Durham County precincts in November 2016, which led officials to abandon the electronic system, issue paper ballots and extend voting hours.
Nation Jul 31 No special elections for redrawn districts in North Carolina, judges say The unanimous order by the three-judge panel means the next legislative elections won't occur until November 2018. But the judges did tell Republican lawmakers that they'll have to approve new House and Senate boundaries by this September — at least…
Politics Dec 17 Trump wants SC Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director President-elect Donald Trump has announced his pick for White House budget director, a tough-on-spending conservative congressman.
Politics Dec 06 North Carolina's new governor to face resolute GOP legislature North Carolina's next governor campaigned on a promise to work on bending back state government's recent rightward turn, with the repeal of a law limiting LGBT rights near the top of his to-do list.