The share of North Carolina students who were proficient for their grade level was the highest it's been in the past three years for all tested subjects, except fourth grade reading.

The 413-2 vote closes the ethics case against the Western North Carolina congressman. Edwards apologized to two former staffers and his wife, but continued to deny that he sexually harassed the women.

The Food Bank in Central and Eastern North Carolina notes about 630,000 people across the state in 34 counties it serves are experiencing food insecurity, according to a new analysis of federal data.

How a controversial bankruptcy strategy known as the Texas two-step froze thousands of civil lawsuits and left terminal cancer victims fighting for their day in court.

A devastating combination of federal funding cuts, eligibility rollbacks, and rising inflation has pushed food insecurity in central and eastern North Carolina to its highest level in a generation, forcing local non-profit pantries to operate beyond capacity as nearly 630,000 residents—including one in five children—struggle to access their next meal.

The newly introduced trade policy is intended to lower consumer grocery bills by 25 percent by opening U.S. borders to 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free foreign ground beef over the next 90 days. However, the sudden flood of cheap international competition has blindsided domestic agricultural communities, sparking a fierce bipartisan backlash from rural lawmakers and local cattle ranchers who warn the influx will trigger domestic market crashes and permanently devastate family-owned farms.

The Trump administration is deploying a tool to pressure undocumented immigrants to self-deport: civil fines that can total as much as $1.8 million per person.

The censure vote drew bipartisan support and followed an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual harassment against two young female staff members.