North Carolina's court system is taking steps to make jury duty less painful. Jurors will now receive payment for their service on a debit card as they leave the courthouse.
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Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam launched a campaign Thursday to unseat Democratic Congressman Valerie Foushee in the March primary.
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The Trump endorsement is highly coveted in competitive Republican primaries.
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Jackson County Board of Elections voted 3-2 to remove an early voting site at Western Carolina University for the 2026 primary elections. Due to North Carolina law, the primary election plans will now be decided by the state board of elections.
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Chapel Hill Schools voted in 2024 to disregard state law around children changing their names or pronouns and a ban on instruction addressing gender identity before 5th grade.
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Mecklenburg County leaders say uncertainty around state and federal funding could jeopardize behavioral health services heading into the new year.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, a look ahead to the 2026 midterms. Will they be normal or engulfed in chaos?
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You probably know what it’s like to repeatedly ask a coworker to get you something, like a document or maybe an email address, and that person just ignores you. Or maybe a coworker constantly makes errors, affecting your ability to do your own job. It’s frustrating, right? Well, some federal judges are feeling frustrated with attorneys at the North Carolina Department of Justice over the same sort of thing and the consequences can be more significant than a bit of irritation. Like the delay of a trial by more than a year in one case. Jeffrey Billman is one of the reporters who wrote about it for the Assembly. He joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry.
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After North Carolina froze funds, Legal Aid has closed nine offices and laid off dozens of attorneysMuch of the funding for low-income civil legal services has been frozen in North Carolina for the past five months — an unprecedented shift that has long-ranging consequences.