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5 Weekend Activities Across North Carolina (Jan. 27-29)
It’s the last weekend in January, and if you’re looking for a fun way to end the month, here a few things you can check out in Charlotte, Raleigh, and elsewhere.
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Renters Are Struggling. The Biden Administration Introduced New Protections for Them This Week.
The Biden administration introduced several new efforts to protect renters, make renting more affordable, and to increase fairness in the rental market.
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NC Restricts Access to the FDA-Approved Abortion Pill. This Doctor Is Fighting Back.
Under state law, any physician prescribing the abortion pill mifepristone to patients must be in the same room with them at a certified surgical facility when they take the pills, despite FDA rules to the contrary.
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Record-Breaking Egg Profits Prompt Accusation of Price Gouging
A farmer-advocacy group says price collusion, not avian flu, is causing the record-high prices consumers are paying for eggs.
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40 Famous Actors and Actresses From North Carolina
Stacker compiled a list of actors and actresses that were born in North Carolina from IMDb’s most popular list.
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Biden’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Help Millions of Working and Middle-Class Americans
Under the new plan, borrowers who earn less than roughly $30,600 a year would owe $0 a month on their federal student loans, effectively pausing them. A borrower who’s in a family of four and makes less than roughly $62,400 would also see their payments paused.
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Quick Answers About Doing Your Taxes (and How to Get Them Done for Free)
Dreading filing your taxes? You’re not alone. Let us make it a little easier with this list of answers to common questions about tax season.
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A Moore County Native Talks Queer Love and Community in Rural North Carolina
Kelcey Ledbetter walks us through the night that she performed at a highly protested drag show in Moore County – a night that ended with an act of vandalization that caused 45,000 homes and businesses to lose power.
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NC Republicans Ask State Supreme Court to Throw out Recent Rulings That Prevented Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws
The GOP’s request for total control is not altogether surprising, as the courts have repeatedly found that North Carolina Republicans have gerrymandered and disenfranchised Black voters in the state with “almost surgical precision.”
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New Report Shows North Carolina’s K-12 Public School Funding Is Among the Lowest in the Country
Out of all 50 states and D.C., North Carolina was ranked 48th for funding level, according to a recent report about K-12 public school funding released by the Education Law Center.
























