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February 17, 2019 at 10:19 pm

N Carolina elections head says ballots handled illegally VIEW

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Republican operative conducted an illegal and well-funded ballot-harvesting operation, North Carolina's elections director said Monday, but the first session of... Updated 5:05 pm

February 16, 2019 at 5:25 am

Hearing into unresolved US House race could find winner

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Evidence collected over months and being unveiled Monday could reveal whether the nation's last undecided congressional election was either tainted by...

February 15, 2019 at 11:35 am

EPA hits chemical maker for not notifying on new compounds

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A chemical maker's North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before...

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February 12, 2019 at 4:03 pm

If congressional race deemed tainted, will redo get support?

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for the candidates in the nation's last undecided congressional race are anticipating the possibility that North Carolina's elections board finds...

February 11, 2019 at 10:57 am

Candidate says operative now under investigation got results

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican in the nation's last undecided congressional election said Monday he recruited a political operative now at the center of...

February 1, 2019 at 12:01 pm

Report: Ill preparation led to Confederate statue’s toppling

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police and administrators at North Carolina's flagship public university were unprepared for demonstrators who tore down a campus Confederate memorial last...

January 25, 2019 at 7:14 am

UNC system president wants no return of Confederate statue

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Preventing teachers and researchers from being distracted by problems swirling around North Carolina's public universities - including an ideological divide...

Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Paul C. Ridgeway issues his ruling following a hearing during the Mark E. Harris v. NC State Board of Elections hearing, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in Superior Court in Raleigh, N.C. Ridgeway is considering a demand to order the victory of the Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional race despite an investigation into whether his lead was boosted by illegal vote-collection tactics. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, Pool) NCRAL617 NCRAL617

January 21, 2019 at 9:02 pm

Judge rejects GOP victory claim in disputed N. Carolina race VIEW

A judge has rejected a lawsuit by Republican Mark Harris insisting he be declared the winner. Harris narrowly leads Democrat Dan McCready in the 9th...

January 17, 2019 at 2:18 pm

North Carolina university leaders depart amid culture war

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Carol Folt gave her first big speech as head of North Carolina's flagship public university, she praised lawyer Julius Chambers,...

January 15, 2019 at 2:01 am

University head yanks Confederate marker, is forced out

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hours after the last remnants of a Confederate statue were removed overnight from North Carolina's flagship public university, the state university...