The “Black Belt” counties of eastern North Carolina have significant and politically cohesive populations of Black voters who overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, the lawsuit states.

The North Carolina state Senate map, which was passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023. In court Monday, attorneys for the legislative defendants cross examined witnesses brought by the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) — Multiple groups and voters have come together to file a federal lawsuit accusing North Carolina lawmakers of racist gerrymandering of electoral maps. According to a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The Eastern black rail, a tiny bird that lives in marshes, is in danger of going extinct, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Industry encroachment and farm consolidation contributed to decades of Black-owned land loss. In North Carolina, many are fighting to recoup what was lost.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Two black voters in the east have filed suit to challenge recently approved North Carolina State Senate districts as illegally gerrymandered. District maps are supposed ...

In one lawsuit, the North Carolina NAACP, Common Cause and several Black residents originally sued over redrawn state House and Senate maps and U.S. House districts.

The Supreme Court Finds North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering Unconstitutional The justices end a six-year fight over 2011 congressional maps that diluted black voting strength in the state.

Two voters in Eastern North Carolina are challenging the state’s new map of state Senate districts in federal court, arguing that it dilutes the voting power of Black residents. The plaintiffs ...

Portions of Eastern North Carolina are under a level 1 out of a level five severe weather threat, including Elizabeth City, Edenton and extending south into the Outer Banks.

Two Black voters drawn into a majority-white district are asking a federal judge to block state officials from conducting future elections under a new map they argue unlawfully deprives them the ...