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State auditor candidates face off in rare statewide runoff election
Polls will once again open all across North Carolina on Tuesday, May 14. But with mostly down-ballot races on the ballot, will Republican primaries b…
1 year, 11 months ago
Previewing the 2024 legislative session with Sen. Gale Adcock
State lawmakers are back in Raleigh to begin what’s known as the short session – several months in which they’ll make adjustments to the state budget…
1 year, 11 months ago
Social studies teacher from 'the Neglected Northeast' wins NC House seat
Rodney Pierce, a middle school social studies teacher from Roanoke Rapids, narrowly defeated longtime incumbent Rep. Michael Wray in last month's Dem…
1 year, 11 months ago
Meet the ECU student who defeated a 10-term NC lawmaker
Wyatt Gable, a 21-year-old student at East Carolina University, unseated 10-term Republican Rep. George Cleveland of Jacksonville, who’s in his 80s a…
2 years ago
Making sense of NC's primary results
The results are in for the 2024 North Carolina primary -- and while some of the top-tier races ended up where everyone expected, there were some big …
2 years, 1 month ago
Big changes for 2024 voters under new election laws
Voters in this year's primary will have a few new things to get used to. After years of legal wrangling, photo IDs are required to vote, but there's …
2 years, 1 month ago
NC 2024 primary: Races to watch on the Republican Party ballot
Voters in this year's Republican primary will decide whether they want Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson or one of his opponents as their nominee for governor. …
2 years, 1 month ago
NC 2024 primary: Races to watch on the Democratic Party ballot
As North Carolina’s March 5 primary looms, there’s not much competition at the presidential level on the Democratic side. President Joe Biden will be…
2 years, 2 months ago
Main Street NC: Murphy's struggle to quiet a cryptocurrency mine
This episode is the sixth installment in our Main Street NC series from the WUNC Politics Podcast.
One of the state’s only cryptocurrency mining opera…
2 years, 2 months ago
Main Street NC: Star's quest to replace 100-year-old infrastructure
This episode is the fifth installment in our Main Street NC series from the WUNC Politics Podcast.
Dozens of small towns across North Carolina are str…
2 years, 3 months ago