State and Regional News
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of Elections announced Friday, days…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican Party sued North Carolina’s elections board on Thursday to block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from offering a digital…
By BILL BARROW, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press CHARLOTTE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump launched campaign blitzes Thursday with dramatically different approaches to attracting swing-state voters who will decide the…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s environmental secretary for over three years is stepping down before Cooper’s second term ends and is being replaced by a veteran state government administrator. Elizabeth Biser,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) — Enrollment at North Carolina’s public universities is at an all-time high this fall, with a 2.2 percent increase over last year and a 3.5 percent jump since 2022, according to data…
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making a beeline for swing states that they hope to flip in their favor this year,…