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The town of Star’s leaders want to build on the success of an arts facility by finding new uses for the other shuttered textile buildings and historic structures that line Main Street. But while most of Star’s historic buildings are standing strong, the town’s water and sewer infrastructure is showing its age.

Earlier this year, ¹ÏÉñapp reported on a teacher who lost her teaching license because she struggled to pass a licensing exam. ‘Ms. Art’ is an elementary art teacher who struggles with testing anxiety. Now, a policy that passed as part of the state budget offers a solution to keep teachers like her in classrooms.

State lawmakers are considering changes to auto insurance regulations that they think could lower premiums for drivers.

State House Speaker Tim Moore filed to run for the 14th Congressional District seat in 2024. The district is one of four that a federal lawsuit claims was racially gerrymandered by Republican lawmakers.

The map enacted in October puts Republicans in good shape to win at least 10 of the state’s 14 congressional seats next November. Democrats and Republicans each won seven seats under a map used in 2022, but GOP legislators were able to draw new lines this fall without judicial limits on partisan bias.

A three-judge panel in state court Thursday sided with Cooper and issued a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit to block a Republican-backed law that would strip him of appointment power over state and county elections boards

A lawsuit filed this week claims a newly drawn state Senate district map violates federal Voting Rights Act protections for Black voters.

Gov. Roy Cooper says Republican lawmakers and the North Carolina Chamber are blocking Black nominees for state business courts.

Gov. Roy Cooper signed the final two bills of this year's legislative session late Thursday.

The new law was passed in the waning hours of the legislative session, but advocates worry it may go too far and hurt mental health patients.