By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature passed a supplemental spending bill Wednesday that eliminates a large waitlist for private school vouchers and also directs sheriffs to…

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost 200 diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions were either cut or reassigned across North Carolina’s public university system to comply with a systemwide policy that…

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The highest courts in two states ruled differently Monday on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots, with…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A longtime advocate for Republican K-12 education policies in the North Carolina House is resigning from his seat a few months before his term was to end. Rep. Jeffrey Elmore of…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat’s debate Tuesday with Republican Donald Trump. Her “New Way Forward” tour will include a new television spot, rallies,…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It’s in good enough condition that he can handle it,…