August 2026

NC Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Currituck, resigned Monday. He was not running for reelection. He opposed Senate GOP leaders on key district issues.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, North Carolina is expected to lose nearly $50 billion over the next 10 years, according to analysis by the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Democrats say families will be hard hit by the looming cuts.

Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 32,495 veterans experiencing homelessness, 387, or 1.2%, fewer than the previous year.

Sunday voting during the early voting period in NC is becoming rarer as Republicans work to eliminate Sunday voting hours.

IndyCar took over the streets of the nation’s capital for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the last in a series of events coordinated and promoted by President Donald Trump to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.

President Donald Trump has not slowed his pursuit of central policy goals and personal pursuits, even after major setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts.

Republicans on the NC Board of Elections rejected most early voting plans that included Sunday hours, but found a few compromises.

Local library employees say the entire country faces this issue, but North Carolina’s booming population and the growing number of library patrons in the state make it especially challenging. 

A 2025 study revealed teachers in the Tar Heel state shell out more than $1,600 annually to outfit their classrooms, the second highest average in the country. Nonprofits are trying to help bring that price tag down.

A judge has ruled that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill does not have to release its investigative report on problems at its School of Civic Life and Leadership.