Video: NC GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx called out over 8-week ‘vacation’
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a longtime Congresswoman from NC, bristled over the criticism.
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Nov
2025
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Video: NC Republicans fail to fund domestic violence prevention program
With NC Republicans stalled on a budget deal, an ankle-monitoring program designed to stop domestic violence expires.
Nov
2025
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Video: She left the US after 7 months in ICE detention. Here’s why she still wants to come back.
After 7 months in ICE detention, a nursing student from NC talks about wanting to return home.
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2025
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Video: SNAP helps this grandpa feed his 5 grandchildren
Over his lifetime, Gregory Jones has witnessed first-hand the life-saving benefits of the federal SNAP program: as a child, as a college student, as an advocate for low income families, and now as a caregiver for his parents and his five grandchildren.
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2025
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Video: NC lawmakers have weeks to prevent Medicaid cuts
North Carolina could see Medicaid service cuts starting on Oct. 1, unless the state lawmakers in the General Assembly act to provide more funding.
Aug
2025
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Video: When ‘affordable housing’ isn’t affordable for those who need it most
The North Carolina Housing Coalition says the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could put thousands more NC residents at risk of losing their homes.
Aug
2025
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Video: Trump cuts threaten your phone’s weather alert system
The Trump administration has threatened to dismantle the federal departments that track major storms and help tell North Carolinians how to keep safe.
Aug
2025
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WATCH: 30 years after his first climate change warning, author sees hope in the sun
Bill McKibben's forthcoming book “Here Comes the Sun,” lays out the case for solar power, an industry set to boom in North Carolina until President Donald Trump’s policies cut funding and momentum.
Aug
2025
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Video: Bernie Sanders speaks out about ‘hard times’ in Asheville visit
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on Sunday visited Asheville as part of his “Fight Oligarchy” tour, and spoke out against the powerful elite that have taken charge of the nation.
Aug
2025
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Video: This Charlotte mom’s daughter was taken by ICE
A Charlotte mom is speaking out about how the family was treated by agents from the US Department of Homeland Security and her daughter's detention.
Billy Ball Explains NC: College students vs. Republicans
| February 7, 2026
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College students in North Carolina are fighting back. They’ve filed a lawsuit against a Republican plan to deny polling places at three NC college campuses, including the largest historically Black college in America.
Billy Ball Explains NC: The failure of NC’s ‘recovery czar,’ Michael Whatley
| February 5, 2026
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In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, here's why Helene relief—or the lack thereof—could play a BIG part in this year's Senate race between Michael Whatley and Roy Cooper.
Video: US Sen. Thom Tillis says Kristi Noem ‘should be out of a job’
| February 4, 2026
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US Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired recently over her handling of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Here's what Tillis had to say.
Video: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis questions Pete Hegseth’s leadership
| December 15, 2025
NC's retiring Sen. Thom Tillis seems to be souring on the leadership of Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Video: NC churches rally to protect immigrant neighbors
| December 15, 2025
Some pastors and NC churches say they're stepping up to protect local immigrants from ICE and Border Patrol raids.
Video: NC Republicans could fully fund Medicaid if they wanted to, NC Dems says
| December 9, 2025
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NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about Medicaid funding.