This week, our Fact Check looks at the state Senate leader’s apparent flip on a suspension of the state’s gas tax, which Gov. Josh Stein signed into law Friday. Earlier this year, Republican Phil Berger indicated he was against a suspension as a way to offset high fuel prices. Last week, though, he led the charge to do just that.
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Nick de la Canal/WFAE NewsAs Election Day for the midterms inches closer, the polling industry across the country is focused on getting accurate predictions about what will happen on Nov. 3. In recent years, midterm election polling has proven to be more accurate than presidential election polling. We discuss polling methodology, margin of error, how to interpret poll results and more. -
Fewer than 6% of American physicians identify as Black, but census data show roughly 12% of the U.S. population is Black. Some experts say that disparity is one reason communities of color tend to experience worse health outcomes in the U.S., including higher rates of high blood pressure, shorter life expectancy and higher risks during childbirth. A new book from a former ProPublica reporter links today’s inequalities to a long history of structural racism — part of which runs through North Carolina.
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Jurors in Superior Court on Monday convicted two men in the 2020 stabbing death of Mary Collins, a 20-year-old woman with developmental disabilities whose body was found stuffed inside a mattress in a NoDa apartment. -
Winston-Salem police say they responded to multiple fights and disturbances on Sunday, the final night of the Carolina Classic Fair. -
Charlotte's data center moratorium is set to expire Nov. 5. Monday night, the City Council heard from the public on a proposal to extend the ban on new data center development by up to 11 months. -
Charlotte Mayor Rob Harrington issued the first mayoral veto in at least a decade on Monday. -
Rivers overflowed their banks and some low-water crossings were inundated as Hurricane Isaias swept through western North Carolina. But forecasters say flooding was nowhere near the scale of Helene. -
Three North Carolina legal aid organizations are suing over lawmakers’ decision to redirect millions in IOLTA funding even as thousands in western North Carolina need services as they recover from Hurricane Helene. -
Nearly five months after NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from a sudden illness, fans gathered Friday for the Kyle Busch Celebration of Life at Charlotte Motor Speedway. -
The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles has issued a cease-and-desist order for a Salisbury driving school.
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