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Plus: NC stars show out in WNBA Draft. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. North Carolina is one of only 10 states without a regulated adult-use marijuana market or medical marijuana program. Some state leaders are hoping to change that. We’ve published a new story on what changes are possible, and what North Carolina…

Plus: What Lumbee recognition means for southeastern NC Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. The 2026 elections in North Carolina are very much underway.  That means candidates, like Roy Cooper, are beginning their barnstorming. Cooper recently made stops in Fayetteville and Durham to kickstart his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour.  Democrats are making the…

Plus: This ‘cult classic’ movie has NC roots?? Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. This week, we wrote about a weekend-long celebration of the Halifax Resolves. Today, we have more to celebrate. The historic Revolutionary War document, which announced North Carolina’s plans to declare independent from the British, is returning home for the first…

Plus: The week in protests in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. In 2023, more than 60% of abortions in the United States were performed with medication.  Those numbers reflect a change in the way this medical procedure is done, with more people preferring this safe, at-home option. Indeed, the drug mifepristone has…

Plus: Educators protest Leandro decision. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. I’m no Luddite.  But if even the least disruptive predictions about artificial intelligence (AI) come true, we’re in the middle of a moment of great change.  So who are the leaders making plans for this new world? It might not be who you…

Plus: A full moon over Oak Island. 👀 Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. One of North Carolina’s top physicians has some advice for talking with someone who is worried about the safety of vaccines: Listen.  “My process as a provider has always been when a patient would come to me with certain information…

Plus: Heartbreaking Miss North Carolina news Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. For some in eastern North Carolina, it’s not really spring until the Azalea Festival.  Wilmington’s annual spring fling is filled with parades, contests, street fairs, pageants, music, and—of course—that flowering shrub that lights up our yards this time of year.  As C&P…

Plus: AI in dental work? Nah, I’m good. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Somewhere in every kid, there’s a kernel of a seed of a dream of flying to the moon.  It takes a really, really special person to actually do it. Like Christina Koch.  Koch, who headlines this week’s Good News Friday,…

Inside: The devastating blow to public schools Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. North Carolina, we had big breaking news today.  The state’s highest court issued a long-awaited ruling in the Leandro court case. You can read it here.  Essentially, the Republican majority sided with their party’s leadership in the state legislature, which argued…

Plus: A huge conservation win in western NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. We begin today with immigration. In February, we reported that ICE was considering several new facilities within North Carolina. Since the Minneapolis protests, the federal agency has been in the news less, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy. …