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Plus: Time for Good News Friday! Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been on the road. But there’s no place like North Carolina, and I’m excited to be back home.  We’ve got a lot of news to get to below, including an AI regulatory bill and some stunning…

Plus: Name this popular camping destination Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have a pioneering program at a North Carolina prison, and a look at the local electric co-ops providing an alternative to Duke Energy, but first:  Little League softball runs through North Carolina. We can say that definitively now, after a…

Plus: Name this NC football field. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have good news for anyone annoyed by social media 🙋‍♂️ and this week’s top story at Cardinal & Pine, but first: Some breaking news from western North Carolina, where the Trump administration is hosting many of the world’s most powerful…

Plus: Name this little NC downtown Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. If you want to know what makes North Carolina tick, there are a few places you can start.  For instance, Nash County in eastern NC. In addition to being the home of Roy Cooper, NC’s former governor and current US Senate candidate,…

Plus: This candidate has $$ in data centers Share with a friend 🗞 See more from us: Add Cardinal & Pine as a preferred news source on Google. Hey, it’s Billy. Below, we have another riveting round of “Where are we in NC?” and some good accountability journalism on a key NC candidate and his…

Plus: ‘Good News Friday’ returns Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Did you know that North Carolina has seven museums that are officially affiliated with the Smithsonian? The state landed its seventh this week. The Charlotte Museum of History joins six other institutions around the state. Cardinal & Pine contributor Ryan Pitkin…

Plus: A sea of red in Raleigh as educators march. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. The big news, today, is the thousands of educators marching in Raleigh.  The underlying tension is teacher pay. In North Carolina, we have some of the most poorly paid educators in America.  But it’s also about overall public…