State and Regional News
By BILL BARROW, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press CHARLOTTE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s environmental secretary for over three years is stepping down before Cooper’s second term ends and is being replaced by a veteran state government administrator. Elizabeth Biser,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) — Enrollment at North Carolina’s public universities is at an all-time high this fall, with a 2.2 percent increase over last year and a 3.5 percent jump since 2022, according to data…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making a beeline for swing states that they hope to flip in their favor this year,…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature passed a supplemental spending bill Wednesday that eliminates a large waitlist for private school vouchers and also directs sheriffs to…
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost 200 diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions were either cut or reassigned across North Carolina’s public university system to comply with a systemwide policy that…