(The Center Square) – North Carolina state employees and retirees could soon have health insurance premiums nearly doubled, state treasurer Brad Briner said Tuesday.
The state insurance plan is projected to have a $500 million shortfall in 2026 which... Read more
(The Center Square) – Changes in the North Carolina Senate moving toward a full chamber vote would increase a fiscal assistance package for Hurricane Helene recovery by nearly $33 million.
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 would have an appropriation... Read more
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., continued a months-long criticism of President Donald Trump following his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Republicans, as expected, were joyous in support. Cohesion – working across the... Read more
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump shared the story and welcomed as his State of the Union guest a former high school athlete in North Carolina injured by a boy playing on the girls volleyball team.
He told... Read more
(The Center Square) – East Carolina graduate and New Bern native Linda McMahon has one of the most unique jobs given to a department leader of President Donald Trump's administration.
Eliminate it.
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(The Center Square) – Belief in control rather than democracy is seeded in protests of the State of Union address on Tuesday night, says a North Carolina Republican hearing of plans by multiple Democrats.
“Democrats and their media allies... Read more
(The Center Square) – Payton McNabb, the North Carolina high school athlete with a career-ending injury caused by a boy saying he was a girl so he could play, is expected to join President Donald Trump and his wife Melania as a special guest Tuesday night for the State of the Union.
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(The Center Square) – Wildfires in the Carolinas, including a large on near tourist destination Myrtle Beach, continued to burn on Monday and firefighters were helped modestly by less wind.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission on Saturday said 102... Read more
(The Center Square) – A turret gunner in Iraq before he was 21, North Carolina lawmaker Allen Chesser called Gov. Josh Stein’s embrace and signature to a statement involving Ukraine and second-term Republican President Donald Trump “disgraceful” and a “cheap stunt.”
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(The Center Square) – Two of four household staples are up significantly in the past two weeks in the capital city of North Carolina.
Eggs on average in Raleigh are up to $4.17 from $3.98 two weeks ago and... Read more
(The Center Square) – Tuition for out of state undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill was increased during Thursday's meeting of the Board of Governors.
Costs remain the same for in-state students in the entire... Read more
(The Center Square) – Killings of a 77-year-old and children ages 13 and 4 are “as bad as any I’ve heard about,” says a North Carolina prosecutor putting together the facts of a triple murder tied to a suspect from Haiti.
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(The Center Square) – Asking American departmental defense leaders to monitor the purchasing and building efforts by the People’s Republic of China in strategic ports is the latest foreign policy legislation keyed by North Carolinians in the United States Senate.
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(The Center Square) – Boone native Dan Driscoll has been sworn in as the 26th secretary of the Army.
The 38-year-old North Carolinian, a veteran of deployment to Iraq in 2009, was the pick of President Donald Trump and... Read more
(The Center Square) – Federal litigation against a North Carolina city known for its liberal leaning has been dismissed by the administration of Republican second-term President Donald Trump.
A 10-page complaint, United States of America v City of Durham,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Taxpayer surplus and burden analysis by Illinois-based Truth in Accounting ranks Raleigh eighth, Charlotte 13th and Greensboro 29th among 75 of the largest cities in America.
Respectively, the City of Oaks has the same ranking... Read more
(The Center Square) – Two-lane traffic in both directions of Interstate 40 at the Pigeon River collapse site in North Carolina is expected to begin flowing this weekend, according to multiple published reports.
The major artery from Asheville to... Read more
(The Center Square) – Legislation in the North Carolina House of Representatives is filed to direct the state to reevaluate college degree requirement for state jobs and recognize work experience.
This includes military service and apprenticeships. Rep. John Bell,... Read more
(The Center Square) – Equality and merit in local and state government shall be the guiding rule and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are prohibited and subject to penalty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, says a proposal in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
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(The Center Square) – Cooperation by the gubernatorial administration, counties and municipalities, and the state’s public university system campuses would be required and subject to penalty, a proposal in the North Carolina General Assembly says.
The North Carolina Border... Read more
