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FILE - In this May 3, 2021, file photo, the Chicago Blackhawks logo is displayed on a jersey in Raleigh, N.C. The Blackhawks are holding a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, to discuss the findings of an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player in 2010. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)
Chicago Blackhawks at Carolina Hurricanes 5/3/2021

Oct. 26, 2021 05:56 PM EDT

Dr. Rasheeda Monroe, medical director at Primary Care Pediatrics at WakeMed, listens as President Joe Biden and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper talk during a visit to a mobile vaccination unit at the Green Road Community Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
North Carolina remains near bottom in COVID-19 vaccinations

By Bryan Anderson Jun. 25, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: How NC is distributing $1.3B in rental aid

By Bryan Anderson Jun. 25, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

A medical worker in protective gear checks the paperwork of people getting the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 25, 2021. The world's fourth most populous country, has seen COVID-19 infections surge in recent weeks, putting pressure on hospitals, including in the capital city, where most of hospital beds are full, and has added urgency to the government's plan to inoculate 1 million people each day by next month. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2021 06:01 AM EDT

President Joe Biden takes a selfie with members of the audience after speaking during a visit to a mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit at the Green Road Community Center in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump rally song plays briefly at Biden North Carolina event

Jun. 24, 2021 08:14 PM EDT

Panel OKs NC Senate budget bill; Dems pan policy provisions

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 22, 2021 03:20 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Senate Republicans pushed their North Carolina government budget proposal through the chamber's largest committee Tuesday, rejecting...

Senate leader Phil Berger answers questions from reporters during a press conference outlining the state budget Monday, June 21, 2021 at the North Carolina Legislative Building. The budget includes tax cuts, raises and bonuses. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
Senate budget uses NC revenue boon on more tax cuts, capital

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 21, 2021 03:45 PM EDT

NC election bills unlikely to become laws after Senate votes

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 16, 2021 07:56 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans pushed a trio of election measures through their chamber on Wednesday, including one that would prohibit...

NC Senate's tax-cut plan gets initial approval by chamber

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 09, 2021 06:39 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Individual income taxes would fall again, the corporate rate would be eliminated over time and $1 billion in federal aid would be...

Carolina Hurricanes center Martin Necas, left, shoots and scores against Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) during the third period in Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Nashville Predators at Carolina Hurricanes 5/25/2021

May. 26, 2021 05:20 PM EDT

Old North Carolina Capitol building reopens to public

May. 17, 2021 05:07 AM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The old state Capitol building in downtown Raleigh is reopening to the public after being closed for 15 months during the pandemic. ...

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Several gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Pipeline hack sends people scrambling for fuel in the South

By Tom Foreman, Jr., Jeff Martin And Ben Finley May. 13, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday, May 5 advanced a bill through a committee that would prevent state and local governments from punishing workers who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
As vaccinations drop, N. Carolina may offer financial perks

By Bryan Anderson May. 07, 2021 03:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, the logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich. On Monday, April 26, 2021, Apple announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in North Carolina to build the company's first East Coast campus, in a move that is expected to bring at least 3,000 new jobs to the state. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Apple announces 1st East Coast campus in North Carolina

By Sophia Tulp And Bryan Anderson Apr. 26, 2021 07:32 AM EDT

Ex-House finance chair defends actions over NC tax bill

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 21, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The veteran North Carolina legislator removed as co-chair of the powerful House Finance Committee this week said on Wednesday that she...

North Carolina House finance chair stripped of position

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 20, 2021 02:43 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The current longest-serving member of the North Carolina House was stripped Tuesday of her chairmanship on the powerful House Finance...

Broad support for NC bill to bar shackling pregnant inmates

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 20, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bipartisan legislative effort to improve the care of pregnant women in North Carolina's prisons and jails will protect the mothers and...

FILE - In this March 1, 1995 file photo Jeffrey MacDonald gestures at the federal correctional institution in Sheridan, Ore. A federal judge refused on Friday, April 9, 2021 to release an ex-Army captain imprisoned for decades for the murders of his wife and two young daughters, deciding he lacked authority to consider Jeffrey MacDonald’s request. (AP Photo/Shane Young, file)
No release for ex-officer guilty in 'Fatal Vision' murders

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 09, 2021 05:29 PM EDT

Susan Morehead of Greensboro receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Air Force medical technician Jade Loftus at the FEMA-supported mass vaccination site outside Four Season Town Centre mall, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Greensboro, N.C. Wednesday was the first full day of vaccinations at the site which includes both indoor and drive-thru vaccinations. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
North Carolina sites to resume J&J vaccines after CDC review

By Bryan Anderson Apr. 09, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron, second right, and plant manager Wladimir Guitel, visit the Delpharm plant in Saint-Remy-sur-Avre, west of Paris, Friday, April 9, 2021 in Paris. The Delpharm plant started bottling Pfizer vaccines this week as France tries to make its mark on global vaccine production, and speed up vaccinations of French people amid a new virus surge. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
The Latest: Navajo Nation issues weekend stay-at-home order

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 04:07 AM EDT