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N.C. bill to eliminate parking minimums advances to Senate

A state bill to eliminate parking minimums is gaining broad support.

A parking reform bill passed the NC House unanimously recently!

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It’s been snowing for 3 and a half hours straight ???

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FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline

"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.

Trump went to Asheville and looked people in the eyes promising them more money and relief but that seems to have been another one of his lies.

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North Carolina joins 18-state coalition suing Trump over birthright citizenship ban

Trump, a Republican who won election in 2024 in large part due to his anti-immigration stances, is hoping to convince courts to restrict bir

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Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

The Supreme Court has thrown out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision uph

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-cont

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‘White Lotus’ Takes On Touchy Subjects. The Southern Accent Is One of Them.

Viewers have obsessed over whether the accents in Season 3 were credible, or another atrocious attempt by Hollywood to replicate a Southern

“In truth, there is no single Southern accent, but rather a regionwide buffet of twangs and drawls. In an interview, Mr. Isaacs said he went for a precise accent from Durham — “It’s not just North Carolina,” he told Esquire — which stumped quite a few people in the city who weren’t aware there even was a Durham accent. (Dr. Wolfram, the linguistics professor at N.C. State, said there was not.)

Some in Durham pointed out they are as likely to hear Spanglish or Hindi as a classic Southern drawl.

“Hell, half your neighbors are from Ohio or New York or New Jersey,” said Garrett Dixon, a native North Carolinian who lives in Durham and works in sales.”

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Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another

A federal judge has ruled a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before pre

If you know people in NC that are fired about the state’s insane abortion laws, tell them to find a volunteer opportunity at mobilize.us/ncvictory/2024 and get involved in the effort to flip NC!