North Carolina News
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has said a loving approach to discipline misbehaving children is to “beat them in a circle,” but his campaign won’t say if he thinks schools should bring back corporal punishment.
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Duke Energy's carbon plan is meant to provide a roadmap to achieving 70% emissions reductions in the state by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. But the latest plan pushes for a five-year extension on the 2030 deadline.
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A law enacted last year requires 10 counties to test software for verifying voters' signatures on absentee ballot envelopes.
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Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory stepped down as a No Labels co-chair last month. McCrory said in an interview that it was “discouraging” that No Labels couldn’t find people to run on a so-called unity ticket for president and vice president.
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At a public hearing in Asheville, two dozen people sounded off about Duke’s plan for natural gas generation instead of relying more heavily on renewables.
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Ahead of Japanese prime minister's visit, pharmaceutical company announces 680 jobs in Holly SpringsThe Japanese company FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies announced Thursday that it's adding 680 jobs to a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs.
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NC Promise cuts tuition to $500 per semester for some schools, while other regional universities' tuition stays in the thousands.
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The university's vice provost for enrollment said UNC-Chapel Hill has yet to send out any financial aid packages to students.
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The high court will determine whether lawyers behind false claims of voter fraud can be sued for defamation.
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NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.
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North Carolina's charter school enrollment is booming, but nine of 12 schools approved to open this August have postponed because of trouble finding buildings and recruiting students.
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A mobile breast cancer screening program is scheduled to launch this month in Nash County. The event is the first of one nonprofit’s efforts to provide 200 free mammograms across Eastern North Carolina.