In the latest "Billy Ball Explains NC," Senior Editor Billy Ball takes your questions on gerrymandering.
So why would Republicans risk it all just to steal Allison Riggs' seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court? 🤔
This week, Allison Riggs thanked supporters for helping her over the six month fight, but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.
Six months after winning her NC Supreme Court election, Justice Allison Riggs was finally sworn in to office Tuesday by her fellow justice, Anita Earls.
The ceremony took place in the former NC House chamber at the state capitol, the site where the legislature voted in 1861 to secede at the beginning of the Civil War.
In March, North Carolina veteran Jay Carey was removed from a Republican town hall in Asheville for speaking out about the Trump administration's Veteran Affairs cuts. At Cardinal & Pine's "Voices for Veterans" May 20 in Fayetteville, we'll let him and other NC veterans and military families have their say.
Some people think of banjo music as music for white people. In a new episode of "Billy Ball Explains NC," Senior Editor Billy Ball breaks down the formative role Black folks played in developing this very North Carolina style of music.
Republicans on the state appeals court and NC Supreme Court have ordered a process that could help their colleague Jefferson Griffin gain a seat on the state’s highest court that he failed to win in the November election.
Senior Editor Billy Ball takes a look at a new Republican proposal letting Duke Energy off the hook for its carbon emission goals. It was filed by a former Duke executive who was literally still getting paid by the energy company.
Hundreds of anti-Trump demonstrations were scheduled in April across the U.S., including this one. Speakers focused on public education cuts, healthcare, and the preservation of democracy.
A North Carolina group of 'Raging Grannies' participated in a massive anti-Trump protest in Greensboro.
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