Video: Thom Tillis calls Kristi Noem’s leadership a ‘disaster’
The retiring North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis went nuclear on Kristi Noem during a recent Senate hearing.
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Video: As North Carolina’s Nash County goes, so goes the state
‘As Nash Goes’ looks at Nash County in eastern North Carolina, a strong bellwether for how the rest of the state is headed.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The most powerful man in North Carolina, Phil Berger
Are we watching the last days of North Carolina's most powerful political leader, Phil Berger? Billy Ball Explains NC has the latest.
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Video: Trump’s Medicaid cuts will make patients sicker, NC nurse says
When the Medicaid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump go into effect next year, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians could lose their health insurance, a North Carolina nurse says.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: AI data centers are taking over NC – but at what cost?
Because of AI, data centers are multiplying across North Carolina. But as billionaire-owned companies like Meta, Amazon, and Apple buy up land in the Tar Heel state, they're raising red flags about water consumption, high utility bills, and their effect on the fight against climate change.
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Video: 300 NC voting rights advocates march from Wilson to Raleigh
As early voting begins in NC, nearly 300 people are making the roughly 50-mile march from Wilson to Raleigh to remind overlooked communities that their voice matters.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: ICE is expanding in North Carolina
The controversial immigration agency, ICE, plots three new facilities in North Carolina. What to know in the latest episode of Billy Ball Explains NC.
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Video: North Carolina network offers free health care for the uninsured
Free health care clinics hope to bridge the gaps as the loss of Affordable Care Act credits drives up the number of uninsured people in North Carolina.
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2026
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Video: A North Carolina man talks about voting after prison
Cardinal & Pine spoke with Gregory Singleton, a formerly incarcerated resident of Rocky Mount, talks about voting after prison. NC law doesn't allow people convicted of a felony to vote until after they serve their time.
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Video: Introducing Bad Medicine, investigating healthcare in North Carolina
North Carolina’s healthcare system is facing one battle after another as decisions made in Washington make themselves felt here at home. That’s why we’re launching Bad Medicine.
Billy Ball Explains NC: Why a NC town gave a sacred mound back to the Cherokee
| March 25, 2026
The western NC town of Franklin is returning a sacred mound to the Cherokee people, and how that fits into the national "land back" campaign for Native Americans.
Billy Ball Explains NC: 3 North Carolina women who changed history
| March 23, 2026
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Three stories of history-making North Carolina women who should be household names. It's the latest episode of Billy Ball Explains NC.
Video: North Carolina teachers getting hoodwinked on pay raises
| March 19, 2026
Cardinal & Pine spoke with Rep. Lindsay Prather, a former educator, about the pay North Carolina teachers are getting. She says they're being tricked.
Billy Ball Explains NC: The Trump administration did what to the Coast Guard?
| March 11, 2026
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In the latest Billy Ball Explains NC, we break down the tension between the Coast Guard and the Trump administration.
Video: What NC’s Selma-inspired voting rights march means for the midterms
| March 10, 2026
In NC, a four-day voting rights march from Wilson to Raleigh launched by Repairers of the Breach was aimed at mobilizing voters who organizers say are often left out of the political process.