Elon Poll, Elon University, Higher Education, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, face masks, Gov. Roy Cooper, economic worries

Secret recording shows Senator Richard Burr warning private audience three weeks ago about coronavirus, COVID-19, Tar Heel Circle

North Carolina is one of the few states in the nation that still allows people to sue others for breaking up their marriage. It’s an old legal concept known as “alienation of affection” and while...

A lawsuit claims the new plan for NC Senate districts violates the rights of Black voters in northeastern counties.

An interesting and underreported trend emerging from yesterday’s elections: a historic sweep of black candidates in county sheriff’s races. The state’s seven largest counties – Buncombe, Cumberland,...

The law firm representing Republican legislative leaders in an ongoing partisan gerrymandering case may have just polluted the remedial mapmaking process by sending them partisan data prohibited from...

President Biden has had a remarkable record of success in selecting honest and dedicated public servants to fill key positions in his administration and Dr. Cohen is the latest example.

Madison Cawthorn, reelection, disqualified, U.S. Constitution, insurrection, rebellion, treason

There are a lot of strange – even downright bizarre – aspects to the ongoing effort by North Carolina Republican legislators to pass a slate of six constitutional amendments during this fall’s...

North Carolina man spends 43 years in prison for a crime that should have resulted in a 10-year term; criminal justice; unjust sentencing

UNC, UNC-Chapel Hill, faculty, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, UNC Board of governors, pandemic, Mimi Chapman, students

U.S. Marine vet explains why Congress must pass the Afghan Adjustment Act to help immigrants who helped Americans

North Carolina public school mask mandates; COVID-19 pandemic; mental health crisis; public school funding; climate emergency

With "go everywhere" strategy, North Carolina Democratic Senate nominees Cheri Beasley aims to replicate Obama's '08 turnout and results

research shows thousands of students likely to be come infected with COVID-19 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Democratic candidates running in competitive races for the North Carolina legislature have raised more money than their Republican opponents.

school vouchers; public schools; private schools; teacher pay; student achievement; school choice movement;

NC Policy Watch is delighted to announce that vetern North Carolina reporter Lynn Bonner has joined its team; News & Observer

The bottom line: running a truly successful school is about more thanhaving a leader with charisma and marketing skills. Unfortunately, thisis a lesson that state education leaders seem unwilling to...

Duke Energy must excavate its final nine coal ash impoundments at six plants, state environmental regulators announced today, overruling the utility's concerns that the method would be too expensive...

Public education advocates in North Carolina are ablaze these days, after a report from The Washington Post in late January teased a nebulous plan hatched by the conservative Koch network to spend...

Elected officials gathered Friday morning outside the Raleigh City Council building to encourage North Carolinians to vote “No” on all six constitutional amendment proposals on the November ballot....

school lunch; poverty; child hunger; federal subsidy; COVID 19 pandemic; school lunch debt; academic success

North Carolina Republican lawmakers threaten Supreme Court justices with impeachment; redistricting; Justice Anita Earls

With historic storms lashing the state, Governor Roy Cooper says North Carolina must do more combat climate change and take steps that will lessen the impact of future natural disasters. Cooper took...

With lawmakers and members of the UNC Board of Governors openly suggesting this week that N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore would be a good choice for President of the UNC System, The Daily Tar Heel’s...