Videos
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Rep. Deborah Ross: Trump’s ‘gold standard science’ puts politics first
NC Congresswoman Deborah Ross says a new Trump administration rule would give the US scientific edge to China and Europe.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: ICE plans huge detention center in North Carolina
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, Cardinal & Pine digs into ICE’s plans and gives the big picture.
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Forsyth County commissioners will vote on hyperscale data center on Thursday
This Thursday, July 30, at 6 p.m., the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will vote whether to allow rezoning for this roughly 130-acre data center project.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: 3 dumb questions (and 1 smart one) with NC’s Burnsville Batman
Burnsville Batman has been helping to feed homeless people, cleaning up graffiti, and even helping with the western NC cleanup after Helene. Naturally, we had to talk to him.
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NC rep: Teachers are babysitting and driving for Uber to make ends meet
As a former educator in Buncombe County, State Rep. Lindsey Prather, a Democrat from western NC, says she understands the struggles teachers face in paying their bills.
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Nurse: NC hospitals, patients being used as ‘guinea pigs’ for AI
“Nurses are being forced to use unregulated and untested AI in patient care. Our employers are using both nurses and patients as guinea pigs for tech developers.”
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Dave Matthews ties Canton mill closure to data center fight
Some in the rural NC town of Canton are fighting a proposed data center after losing the paper mill that sustained the town’s economy for 115 years.
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Rep. Valerie Foushee says Trump’s ratepayer protection pledge is a ‘sham’
North Carolina rep presses Trump’s science advisor over the administration’s data center ratepayer protection pledge.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Senate candidate Michael Whatley and his weird war on reporters
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we explain why it’s a bad look for Trump’s hurricane “recovery czar” to be kicking out hurricane relief reporters.
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NC dark money group Greater Carolina allegedly spent $80,000 on strip clubs, a beach rental, Topgolf, and more
The story first appeared in the media in 2024, when reports revealed that Republican state lawmakers took a trip to Kentucky and toured bourbon distilleries.
