NC Gov. Josh Stein: Keeping people safe means getting people help
Mental health outcomes are shaped by access to basic needs, such as food, housing, education, health care, and employment. Read More

Mental health outcomes are shaped by access to basic needs, such as food, housing, education, health care, and employment. Read More

Compromise is important to 83 percent of North Carolinians, led by Democrats (88 percent), Independents (85 percent), and three-quarters of Republicans. Read More

North Carolina’s universities are strong, but reliance on reputation isn’t a strategy. Read More

Whatley seems to have come to an understanding with the state’s Republican voters that he is a “good-enough” candidate to nominate for the crusade against Roy Cooper. Read More

Sometimes in politics you have to look the hard truths in the eye. Read More

Many want simple answers to inherently complicated questions. Read More

If the top Democrat were fighting for his political career, you can be almost certain Republican money would be helping him out the door. Read More

Michael Whatley will be remembered as 2026's Mark Robinson. Read More

The state Senate hasn't just blocked teacher raises—they’ve blocked basic inflation adjustments for state employees across the board. Read More