North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...

The winners of several elections up and down the ballot will make history this year, CNN projects. With Donald Trump winning a second term as president, his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is poised ...

More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper granted pardons of innocence for two men including one man who was wrongfully accused of murder in Alamance County.

The governor said he would encourage western North Carolina leaders to pause their support of the private school voucher bill ...

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In an Oct. 25 court filing, HCA Healthcare asked a federal judge to dismiss Buncombe County's lawsuit against the for-profit ...

Split-ticket voting played a prominent role in several battleground states during last week’s elections despite the practice ...

The Rev. Darron Carmon of Winterville in Pitt County is eligible for $50,000 for each year he spent behind bars ...

Trump has chosen former New York Representative Lee Zeldin to serve as his pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin does not appear to have any experience in environmental issues but ...

The immigration enforcement bill targets local law enforcement that resisted ICE’s efforts during Trump’s first term.