Rusty Jacobs
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Rusty Jacobs is a politics reporter for WUNC. Rusty previously worked at WUNC as a reporter and substitute host from 2001 until 2007 and now returns after a nine-year absence during which he went to law school at Carolina and then worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Wake County.
As a reporter, he has covered a wide array of topics including military affairs, sports, government and damaging storms.
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Voters in North Carolina are being courted by both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. In Granville county, a competitive area, voters have a variety of views and some remain undecided.
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Republicans are set to gain at least three congressional seats, under a new map approved by North Carolina lawmakers.
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Major changes are likely coming to North Carolina's voting rules. A bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting mail ballots and expand access for partisan poll watchers. -
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have passed a bill to tighten voting access, and may now override the Democratic governor's veto of that legislation.
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TV stations in North Carolina have pulled controversial ads targeting Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cheri Beasley. -
A Vietnamese automaker has chosen to open its first U.S. plant in Chatham County, North Carolina, and is planning to pump out as many as 150,000 electric vehicles starting in 2024. -
A candidate challenge against Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina has been blocked by a Trump-appointed federal judge, but questions about his qualifications to serve — and the ripple effects of his own impolitic statements — might hurt his reelection bid. -
The Supreme Court denied Republican lawmakers' request to block use of a congressional district map for 2022 — so close to the primaries. -
Republican-backed elections bills aim to curb voter access, say Democrats and civil rights groups. -
The GOP-majority state legislature has adopted Republican-drawn district maps along party lines.
