The Republican-led legislature’s third round of disaster relief, SB 382, chipped away at the governor’s powers before Josh Stein took office.

Four former governors say Josh Stein should focus on rebuilding Western North Carolina—and expect battles with the legislature.

These are The Assembly stories that made the biggest waves this year, from beach shades to porn shop allegations to mushroom ...

We’ll be back on Monday with new news to ring in the new year. But if you want to get a jump on some of the people and policies that are going to be driving the conversation this year, look no further ...

In the November election, the youth vote was poised to be one of the most crucial blocks in the state. But voting rights advocates worried students would struggle with the state’s new voter ID laws, ...

As the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill entered the admissions season in October 2023, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees asked its chair to advise the group on how to recommend ...

In January, Gov. Roy Cooper went to the Nash County elementary school he’d attended in the 1960s to declare 2024 the “Year of Public Schools.” He denounced the Republican-led General Assembly’s ...

Every holiday season, we ask the staff of The Assembly to pick some of their favorite stories we published throughout the year. These can be hard-hitting investigations, timely features, or just ...

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It has been … quite a year. Looking back at what we published in 2024, it’s hard to believe so much happened. There were the highs, lows, and uh-ohs of the election. Both a catastrophic inland ...

Asheville has welcomed tourism back after Hurricane Helene. But in Biltmore Village, recovery is still months away.