Billy Ball Explains NC
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Billy Ball Explains NC: NC GOP outraged over gay Santa book
NC Republicans’ fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Why do people immigrate illegally?
Why don’t undocumented people just become … documented? Why do people immigrate illegally? In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on America’s broken immigration system, and ICE and Border Patrol’s brutal policing of it.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The great NC Christmas tree comeback
NC Christmas tree farms lost thousands of trees when Helene rolled through western NC in 2024. But wherever you look in 2025, those tree farms say they’re bouncing back.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The path to universal healthcare in the US
Let’s demystify the boogeyman—the single payer option for healthcare and universal healthcare. This is what keeps some conservatives up at night.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Who’s really getting food stamps in NC?
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Rigging the 2026 election through gerrymandering
In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” we take a look at what we can do to combat gerrymandering in NC and across the US.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: PFAS and why some NC politicians might be making you sicker
In a new “Billy Ball Explains NC,” we take a look at PFAS—aka “forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race.
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Video: Weed, gerrymandering, and political corruption — ‘Billy Ball Explains NC’ is back ✊🏻
In North Carolina, weed’s illegal, gerrymandering’s not — and politicians are rigging the rules to stay in power. We’re going to break it down it every week at “Billy Ball Explains NC.”
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is going to hurt the working class
In the latest “Billy Ball Explains North Carolina,” Senior Editor Billy Ball breaks down Trump’s huge tax bill in just a couple minutes.
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Billy Ball Explains North Carolina: Here’s why Sen. Thom Tillis is getting out
In the latest edition of Billy Ball Explains North Carolina, we take a look at why Sen. Thom Tillis is not running for reelection.
