North Carolina’s Parents’ Bill of Rights is affecting students’ ability to learn about domestic violence in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, says the chair of the county’s Domestic Violence Advisory Board. LoveSpeaksOut canceled or postponed dozens of sessions in CMS since the the measure, Senate Bill 49, became law last year, Tanisha Patterson-Powe, who chairs the Domestic Violence […]
Laurie Buckhout, a combat veteran running for office for the first time, won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 1st congressional District. Buckhout defeated Sandy Smith, who was twice the Republican nominee in the Eastern North Carolina district. She will move on to face incumbent Democrat Don Davis in November’s general election. The Associated Press […]
As you wait to find out which candidates won their primary elections, Tuesday’s results may not be the last word. Some crowded races could end up in a runoff election later. North Carolina has rules about how many votes are needed to win the contest outright, or if one of the other candidates can call […]
Days before Super Tuesday, presidential candidate Nikki Haley made her case in Raleigh on Saturday about why she’s the best Republican primary candidate for America to be “normal again” and why her opponent, former President Donald Trump, will mean that Republicans lose to Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election this fall. Before a […]
According to a recent report, five of the top 20 public high schools in North Carolina are in the Charlotte area. Based on analysis of statistics and reviews using data from the U.S. Department of Education, Niche released a list of the top schools across the country, including North Carolina. According to the report, schools […]
The operators of one of North Carolina’s largest landfills have for decades been shipping forever chemical-laden sludge to a majority Black community in Sampson County, a community group has alleged in a formal notice of intent to sue. The Environmental Justice Community Action Network alleges that Sampson County Landfill operator GFL Enterprises and its predecessors […]
Hello and welcome to your Under the Dome newsletter. Avi Bajpai here. Ahead of early voting in the North Carolina primary election starting this week, The News & Observer has published a voter guide that includes questionnaires our team sent to candidates running in contested primaries. The guide includes overviews of the governor’s race and […]
Meteorologists watched for more than a week to see if several weather systems moving across the U.S. would collide next Monday near North Carolina in such way as to create what some here would call the perfect storm. That’s one that results in 2 to 3 inches of fluffy snow over the state’s midsection. While […]
Parents across North Carolina are taking advantage of new rules that expand who can get a voucher to help pay for their children’s private school costs. The online application period for the Opportunity Scholarship program opened on Feb. 1 amid heavy traffic. The demand was so high that the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority […]
Alongside the job creation news in North Carolina this year were several high-profile layoffs. Federal law requires companies file WARN reports ahead of conducting mass job cuts or facility closures, and in 2023, employer WARN notices affected nearly 9,000 positions statewide. The North Carolina Department of Commerce then deploys a rapid response team to help […]
You see it on the streets and highways, in classrooms and grocery checkout lines and in the prices for real estate and apartments. There are more and more of us living here every year. North Carolina added 139,526 people to its population in the year ending last July 1, more than all other states except […]