Almost all are small, grassroots organizations. Many lean socialist or focus on workers’ rights. Their efforts, largely ...

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics ...

Republicans are eager to see Lara Trump enter the North Carolina Senate race, with many seeing her as their best opportunity to keep the seat after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced he ...

We look at what Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not run for re-election means for North Carolina politics, and for Democratic dreams to capture that seat in 2026.

There’s also the discouraging history of Democrats and Senate races. The last Democrat to win was Kay Hagan in 2008. And ...

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

Neil Jacobs, who was embroiled in ‘Sharpiegate’ during the first Trump administration, says he supports proposed major cuts ...

A tariff provision of the "big, beautiful bill" spurred an expensive lobbying battle between special interests in the tobacco ...