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No April Fool’s Joke: Roy Williams to Retire from UNC Basketball
Roy Williams, the head coach of UNC’s basketball team is retiring, after nearly five decades of coaching.
Vaccines Are Rolling Out in NC, but You Need Those Masks
One out of every five North Carolinians has gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot in the arm. But this disease is still very much out there.
Election HQ: Cardinal & Pine’s Live Blog on NC’s 2020 Election
With a recount likely in the race for chief justice of the NC Supreme Court, Paul Newby holds a lead over Cheri Beasley.
Today’s the Deadline to Register to Vote in NC. Here’s How to Do It.
Here’s a guide on how to easily register to vote in North Carolina so you can cast your vote during this pivotal election.
Time Running Out for NC in Census Count
This is the week to respond to the US Census. NC risks losing funding, political power and more if there’s an undercount.
NC’s Worst-Case COVID Plan Could Be Devastating for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
Disability rights groups file federal complaint alleging NC’s proposed plan leaves people with disabilities to shoulder disproportionate load. If a spike of COVID-19 cases overwhelms North Carolina’s hospitals, communities of color, those living with...
Go Vote on Tuesday!
Happy Friday, North Carolina! Here’s a brief look at some of the latest news that happened this week.
As final season of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ wraps up, here’s where you can go in NC to relive your favorite scenes
The series finale of Amazon Prime’s hit show, “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” airs today. Here’s everything you need to know about its NC filming locations.
Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: Why the costs of childcare shouldn’t be borne alone
We’ve long known that there is a childcare crisis in the United States, with rising costs to parents and low pay for childcare workers. Forty percent of those who work in childcare make so little they qualify for some form of public assistance, like food subsidies, according to EdNC.
Opinion: Will the kind of research that saved my life still be funded in the future?
The research infrastructure that saved my life, and that of countless others, was upended in early February when the Trump administration slashed the amount that research institutions receiving grants from the NIH can claim as overhead, or indirect cost. Now those indirect costs will be capped at 15 percent of the grant total.
NC Court of Appeals halts use of UNC digital IDs for voting in November election
In a last-minute ruling, the NC Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Republicans who argued that state law allowed only physical copies of the ID to be used to vote.
Wake County court rejects GOP attempt to block UNC mobile IDs for voting
With their lawsuit denied, Republicans failed to block UNC students from using Mobile One Cards as legal voter IDs to be used at the polls.
Scholarship program fast-tracks nurses’ training to ease workforce shortages
The Biden-Harris administration provides North Carolina nursing schools with much-needed funding, boosting the nursing workforce. North Carolina faces a nursing shortage, with a predicted deficit of about 17,000 nurses by 2033. But there’s good news. Thanks to grants...
Jeff Jackson on what he’d do as NC attorney general
Cardinal & Pine recently sat down with Jackson for an interview to get a better sense of why he’s running, what he would focus on as AG, and why the stakes of this particular election are so high. The interview covered a range of topics, including reproductive rights, the fentanyl crisis, corporate accountability, and his opponent’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Good News Friday: This NC science center welcomes an endangered red panda
It’s the return of Cardinal & Pine’s weekly good news roundup. This week, we’re talking about the NC stars who shined in the NBA Draft, an adorable red panda, and the state’s first Spanish-speaking health hotline.
What are your favorite things to do in the Triangle?
Cast your vote for what local businesses to feature in our upcoming Triangle Guide!
Opinion: Rural communities would suffer the most if NC Republicans expand their school voucher program
NC lawmakers are rapidly expanding publicly-funded funded vouchers for private schools while public schools remain underfunded. A North Carolina lawmaker dishes on who has the most to lose.
Inside ‘the culture war’: An ideological battle on college campuses
Following conservative commentator Candace Owens’ March 6 visit to UNC, student journalists dig into how college campuses tackle the “culture wars.”
Scientists call for using more accurate metrics to gauge extreme heat after farmworker’s death in Nash County
State investigators accused a Nash County farm of a “willful serious” violation of NC labor law, following a 29-year-old migrant worker’s death in September 2023.
The best locally-owned bars for watching March Madness in Charlotte
If there’s one sport that has a hold on North Carolina, it’s college basketball. Here are the best locally-owned places for watching March Madness in Charlotte.
Op-Ed: Black History Month is over. But the fight for justice isn’t.
Black History Month is just one month a year. But a NC activist writes that the fight for social justice and equality continues every day.
The 5 NC billionaires who call Research Triangle Park home
Five notable billionaires reside in NC’s Research Triangle Park, an area that includes Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. Do you know them and what they do?
NC underfunds mental health. It hits trans kids the hardest.
When North Carolina lawmakers allocated $835 million to shore up mental health infrastructure in 2023, none of the money was allocated to meet the specific needs of trans patients.
‘You can’t win for losing’: Inside Sampson County, NC’s environmental nightmare
The eastern NC county is beset by pollution from hog farms, industrial operations, and one of the “most pressing environmental and public health concerns in the modern world.”
NC Republicans propose ‘unfair’ new congressional maps to wipe out Democrats
Gov. Roy Cooper blasted the proposed maps as “gerrymandering on steroids” by Republicans who “have used race and political party to create districts that are historically discriminatory and unfair.”
Here’s What It’s Like Attending School in the Era of Active Shooter Drills
“No four-year-old, 10-year-old, or any adolescent should ever have to be told to fight for our lives, or run as fast as we possibly can if we hear gunshots at school–or anywhere for that matter,” writes Faith Turner, a high school student in North Carolina.
‘Sick of Thoughts and Prayers’: Students Press Lawmakers on Gun Violence
Students from across North Carolina held a rally to warn lawmakers that the ‘lockdown generation’ would vote them out of office without meaningful action on guns.
Good News Friday: NC Teams Put A Whoopin’ on SC Teams This Week
NC schools brought the pain to their SC rivals. Plus: A Balsam, NC woman turns 100, and her flowers—planted by her late husband—turn 48.
Meet the Artists Behind the NC Murals You Love
Communities are engaging local artists to paint NC murals throughout our towns and cities – who are they and where can we find their art?