NC Politics

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina says his predecessor's office didn’t transfer constituent casework despite repeated attempts to gather it.

Tim Boyum has a 20-year career in political journalism. He is the political anchor for Spectrum News One and host of Capital Tonight. He also publishes the weekly podcast Tying it Together with Tim Boyum, as well as, the monthly show Front Porch Politics.

Voters this fall will choose a successor to retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, as well as elect the state's 14 U.S. House members, all 170 members of the General Assembly, justices and judges and scores of local positions.

North Carolina's vaccination rate ticked up last week, but millions of the state's residents are still not vaccinated. WUNC's Dave DeWitt talks to Rose Hoban from North Carolina Health News about the doubts, the data and the Delta variant.

Republican state senators passed three new measures along party lines that aim to change North Carolina election law. Meanwhile in the state house, a long-awaited 47-page energy bill made a controversial debut, and municipalities around the state celebrate Juneteenth for the first time against the backdrop of ongoing conversations about how to teach history in public schools.

Host Charlie-Shelton Ormond explores how a multimillion dollar jail expansion proposal in Haywood County is causing a rift within the community and raising questions about the importance of rehabilitation and the effectiveness of incarceration.

WUNC's Rusty Jacobs looks at what voters changing their Republican and Democratic party affiliations means for future elections in North Carolina and the South.

A lot has been made of voters leaving the Republican Party, but it's an even larger loss of registered Democrats that will likely ensure a purple North Carolina into the future.

Republican North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn praised Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and then said the 2020 election was not fraudulent.

Sen. Richard Burr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic,…