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  • HuntPolitics

    Jim Hunt, the ‘education governor’ who served 4 terms in North Carolina as a Democrat, dies at 88

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • FILE – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper completes signing into law a major energy bill as several legislators and an aide applaud during an Executive Mansion ceremony in Raleigh, N.C, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson, File)Environment

    North Carolina ’s GOP lawmakers and Democratic governor joined to pass a rare greenhouse gas law in the South—now it might be repealed

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark RobinsonPolitics

    GOP candidate’s message board mystery: CNN says he’s ‘black NAZI,’ he’s suing and says he was hacked

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper unveils a report about damages caused by Hurricane Helene and his $3.9 billion request to the General Assembly for recovery initiatives during a press conference at the Albemarle Building in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)Environment

    North Carolina says it needs at least $53 billion to recover from Hurricane Helene damages

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • North Carolina state Sen. Natasha Marcus, D-Mecklenburg, a candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner, speaks outside the state Department of Insurance building in Raleigh, N.C., before a hearing on homeowners’ premium insurance rates on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)Finance

    Home insurers argue for a 42% rate hike in North Carolina days after Hurricane Helene hit

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Michael Jones operates his drone, April 2, 2021, in Goldsboro, N.C. A North Carolina board that regulates land surveyors didn’t violate the drone photography pilot’s constitutional rights when it told him to stop advertising and offering aerial map services because he lacked a state license, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)Tech

    Drone pilots don’t have First Amendment right to offer mapping services if they don’t have a state surveyor’s license, court says

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • Fox Sports broadcaster Greg OlsenFinance

    Nascar-loving North Carolina goes all in on mobile and online sports gambling

    By Gary D. Robertson, Erik Verduzco, and others
  • ACC logo sits atop the chain marker during the second half of an NCAA collegeFinance

    Online sports betting set to go legal in North Carolina just in time for major basketball tournaments in March

    By Gary D. Robertson and The Associated Press
  • Tricia CothamSuccess

    ‘Deceit of the highest order’: Democratic fury as liberal district’s lawmaker switches parties and locks in veto-proof majority for N.C. GOP

    By Gary D. Robertson, Hannah Schoenbaum, and others