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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Tens of thousands of absentee ballots already returned by North Carolina voters have been processed without issue. But a much smaller number has been...
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On a late afternoon in Granville County, Linda Smart took a stroll around beautiful Lake Rogers Park with her husband, Henry, and a friend. "We're...
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted along party lines Monday to back plans for early voting on Sundays in some counties.
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North Carolina voters continue to request absentee-by-mail ballots this year at a record pace. Requests are now 15 times ahead of where the number was at…
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Interest in absentee-by-mail voting is way up this year in North Carolina. Voters are submitting absentee ballot request forms at a record pace —...
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Few people, if anyone, track voting data in North Carolina more closely than Michael Bitzer. The Catawba College political scientist posts near daily...
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According to a recent poll from Elon University, Governor Roy Cooper has way more support among Democrats for his mandate to wear masks in public....
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Images and video from Saturday and Sunday nights in Raleigh have ricocheted across the internet. Cameras captured heavily armored police and sheriff’s...
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Back in January, Joyce McKinney had things all worked out for her 10-year-old daughter, Amelia.
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State lawmakers are working out details − and their differences − on legislation to distribute more than $1 billion dollars in coronavirus relief funds.