Rusty Jacobs
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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State lawmakers will closely follow 2019 criteria for the drawing of new district maps based on 2020 census data.
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A rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide has public health officials concerned.
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A GOP-backed elections bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting properly postmarked mail-in ballots.
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Lawyers will be in North Carolina courts again this week, battling over photo ID laws. This comes as voting rights advocates challenge restrictive elections laws across the country, from Georgia to Arizona.
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Property owners in the Outer Banks town of Avon could see their taxes go up to help pay for the cost of fighting beach erosion.
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The end of the Trump presidency has seen an uptick in the number of registered voters leaving the North Carolina Republican Party. But that hardly means less statewide support for GOP candidates.
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As partisan rancor flared in Washington during congressional debate over the second impeachment of President Donald Trump, state lawmakers in Raleigh...
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North Carolina lawmakers start a new legislative session this week at a time when partisanship and bitterness nationwide have reached a peak.
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Federal and state law enforcement have arrested 21 people associated with a large-scale drug ring involving the North Carolina campuses at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State University and Duke University.
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Updated at 1:40 p.m. on 11/4/2020 Unlike some national races, the outcomes of most statewide races in North Carolina are more clear. Still, a few races...