Billy Ball Explains NC: NC GOP outraged over gay Santa book
NC Republicans' fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children.
Dec
2025
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Dec
2025
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Opinion: How former Gov. Jim Hunt transformed North Carolina
A lot of people have come to North Carolina since Gov. Jim Hunt left office 25 years ago. They may not know it, but he’s a big reason they came here.
Dec
2025
19
North Carolina’s ‘education governor,’ Jim Hunt, dies at 88
Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel...
Dec
2025
17
Report: NC teacher pay and per-pupil funding are in a dismal place
In a dismal new report, a libertarian think tank finds that NC teacher pay and per-student public school funding ranks near the bottom of the nation.
Dec
2025
17
Video: NC pastor says ICE took a community member and denied visitation
A NC pastor talks to Cardinal & Pine about ICE's arrest of a Raleigh man who later suffered a medical emergency. ICE reportedly denied his family visitation afterward.
Dec
2025
17
Billy Ball Explains NC: Why do people immigrate illegally?
Why don't undocumented people just become ... documented? Why do people immigrate illegally? In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on America's broken immigration system, and ICE and Border Patrol's brutal policing of it.
Dec
2025
17
NC funnels $50 million to Helene repair projects that don’t qualify for FEMA
Many Helene repairs did not qualify for FEMA funds, so North Carolina leaders are expected to spend $50 million through 80 grants in western NC.
Dec
2025
17
A NC reentry program uses tiny homes to house women leaving prison
An innovative NC reentry program breaks ground in Alamance County. By fall 2026, they hope to offer tiny homes to formerly incarcerated women in need of housing.
Dec
2025
15
Video: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis questions Pete Hegseth’s leadership
NC's retiring Sen. Thom Tillis seems to be souring on the leadership of Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Dec
2025
15
Video: NC churches rally to protect immigrant neighbors
Some pastors and NC churches say they're stepping up to protect local immigrants from ICE and Border Patrol raids.
US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
| February 20, 2026
In a major defeat for Trump, the majority on the US Supreme Court found that it's unconstitutional for the president to unilaterally set and change tariffs because taxation power clearly belongs to Congress.
NC receives $75.8M for childcare recovery from Helene. How to apply
| February 20, 2026
The money will support childcare recovery after more than 230 childcare facilities were impacted by Helene and more than 100 childcare facilities were impacted by Debby.
Billy Ball Explains NC: ICE is expanding in North Carolina
| February 19, 2026
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The controversial immigration agency, ICE, plots three new facilities in North Carolina. What to know in the latest episode of Billy Ball Explains NC.
GOP wants to use controversial ‘election integrity’ software ELLY in NC
| February 13, 2026
Conservatives in North Carolina want to deploy ELLY, a modified version of the controversial software Trump's allies used to file mass voter challenges in Georgia in 2024.
Video: North Carolina network offers free health care for the uninsured
| February 13, 2026
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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.