Politics
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis calls vote for Pete Hegseth the ‘biggest regret of my career’ in a new book
Retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis joins a long list of Republicans ratcheting up denunciations of Trump once they had less to lose politically.
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3 things happening in NC: State legislature calls special session as gas prices soar
The GOP state legislature suddenly freaks about gas prices. Plus, a controversial pre-election citizenship check, and Biketoberfest in Charlotte.
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99% oppose Trump plan to log national forests. Here’s why it may happen anyway, including here in NC
Conservationists say it could dismantle a national safeguard for some of the country’s largest remaining blocks of relatively undisturbed forest, threaten wildlife, drinking water, and more.
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What’s next for the $28 billion hemp THC industry fighting to save itself from a federal ban
America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products, including here in NC, faces elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in the federal law that has allowed it to flourish.
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Good News Friday: A critical portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway reopens
Paid parental leave expands, Hispanic Heritage Month takes off, and the Blue Ridge Parkway gets a big boost.
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Senate candidate Michael Whatley accepted $27,000 from data center developer
Whatley has said he opposes subsidies for data centers but has accepted tens of thousands from a private equity group that has built a data center in Durham and plans to build one in Lee County.
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Survivor of childhood sexual abuse speaks out against Sarah Stevens in NC Supreme Court race
Beginning at 15, Katie Trout suffered abuse at the hands of a church official in Charlotte. In the years since, she has advocated for legislation to protect victims and hold abusers and institutions accountable. She is also speaking out against the Republican nominee for the NC Supreme Court.
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5 takeaways from western NC’s Helene recovery committee
Most importantly, proposed Helene relief programs in western NC require much more funding than is currently available.
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The federal government tapped $20M for ads glorifying Donald Trump
Two top Democratic senators said that the money for the Trump ads was supposed to go to Customs and Border Protection.
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Jamie Ager, Jennifer Balkcom offer competing NC ‘mountain values’ in unique ads
“These are two ads that only would have been run in NC-11.”
