Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
WASHINGTON (AP) – The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it. Trump claimed that June’s employment figures were “RIGGED” to […]
Read MoreYoung Refugees Start Hot Meals Operation To Help Feed Public Housing Residents Displaced By Chantal
By Eli Chen WUNC On a blistering late July morning, about a dozen elementary and middle school-aged kids were busy washing and chopping vegetables at a farm southwest of Chapel Hill. As they rinsed water spinach and chopped shallots, squashes […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina lawmakers approve stopgap spending measure amid budget impasse
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a stopgap spending measure to boost state government spending to prepare for fall classes, cover Medicaid expenses and continue construction projects while a Republican agreement on a comprehensive […]
Read MoreHomelessness Is On The Rise. Here’s How Mecklenburg County And Shelters Are Trying To Stem The Tide
By Elvis Menayese WFAE A recent Mecklenburg County survey found that more people are living on the streets now than at any time since 2010. In a story last week, we spoke to some of those people and covered the […]
Read MoreGarner’s First Champions: The Forgotten Story of the Undefeated Women’s Basketball Team of 1978
By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In 1978, a team of young women from Garner, North Carolina, accomplished what no one in their school had ever done before. Under the quiet but powerful leadership of Coach Lawrence L. Dunn, the Garner […]
Read MoreObesity comes from diet, not a lack of exercise, says Duke Anthropology
By Bianca Garcia, WUNC That Americans are sedentary at work and at home has long been a part of the explanation for the obesity epidemic. For Britt Creech, this has meant getting creative with how she fits movement in her […]
Read MoreTrump on Sydney Sweeney controversy: If she’s Republican, ‘I think her ad is fantastic’
BY TARA SUTER (THE HILL) President Trump on Sunday weighed in on actor Sydney Sweeney and her recent controversial ad campaign with American Eagle. “You’d be surprised at how many people are Republicans,” the president said after a reporter stated that the “White Lotus” […]
Read MoreLumbee Tribe Of NC Sees Politics Snarl Recognition
(AP NEWS) Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised to intervene on behalf of the […]
Read MoreTexas dispute highlights nation’s long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?
BY DAVID A. LIEB (AP) When Democratic lawmakers fled Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering. The word “gerrymander” was coined in America more […]
Read MoreLouisburg leaders decry surprise election change passed without local input
BY: AHMED JALLOW NC Newsline – Officials and residents from the town of Louisburg gathered Tuesday outside of the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest a surprise change to the town’s mayoral election process, which they say was made without their […]
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