Dylan Rhoney is an App State grad from Morganton who is passionate about travel, politics, history, and all things North Carolina. He lives in Raleigh.
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Fayetteville advocates want to change how police handle mental health crises
In Fayetteville, three community members—Lisette Rodriguez, Shawn McMillan, and Angela Malloy—have teamed up to reform their city’s public safety system, arguing that the current system of policing and methods of crime prevention are not making the community safer or reducing crime as intended.
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NC Republicans’ new gerrymandered maps could wipe out these Democrats
North Carolina Republicans voted this week to pass their own newly drawn state legislative and congressional maps, which will allow the party to maintain and even expand its extreme stranglehold on power in a state that President Biden narrowly lost by just under a point and a half. Republicans, who already have a supermajority in…
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The Reality of Gun Violence in Rural North Carolina
Urban gun violence tends to get the headlines. But NC has a major gun problem lurking in its rural areas.
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How North Carolina’s Budget Impacts Rural Communities
For rural NC, the budget has a boost in Medicaid expansion, and another round of pain for public education.
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State Workers Get Small Raises in New Budget, but It Doesn’t Solve the Hiring Crisis
North Carolina state employees received a 4% pay increase this year and will get a 3% pay increase in 2024, under the new state budget passed last week. But the increase does not keep up with the cost of inflation and the State Employees Association of North Carolina (SEANC) had sought higher pay increases. As…
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Medicaid Expansion Becomes Reality After Months of Delays
A half-million North Carolinians waited more than a decade for Republicans to stop their blockade of federal aid for more affordable healthcare.
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Teaching About the Holocaust Is Now Required in NC Public Schools
A 2021 law in North Carolina aims to make sure we don’t forget one of the most terrible moments in history.
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The paper mill’s gone. But there’s optimism in Canton, NC.
In May, one NC town lost the paper mill that fueled its economy. We found a surprising thing when we returned three months later. People are optimistic.
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North Carolina Republicans Take Control of Charter School Boards
Critics of the bill have argued that it could politicize charter schools and represents Republicans’ latest effort to consolidate their power.
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Rufus Edmisten: A North Carolina Life
Fifty years ago today, on July 23, 1973, Rufus Edmisten became the first person in US history to deliver a subpoena against a sitting president.
