House Bill 589, known as the “Voter Identification Verification Act,” passed 81-36 along party lines, with the exception of the five Democrats who voted with Republicans. ...

Twelve school districts administered corporal punishment a total of 404 times during the 2011-12 school year, down from 891 times in 2010-11. Three districts that hit students in 2011-12 (Columbus, Burke and Duplin Counties) have since banned the practice. ...

Gov. Pat McCrory has already indicated that he will sign the voter ID bill once it gets to his desk. ...

Voller called on McCrory to, “…to rein in this radical, reactionary state legislature.” ...

The complaint sent this week to Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat, names Gov. Pat McCrory (R), members of the state Mining and Energy Commission, and members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly. ...

It's all hands on deck across the state to fight what it calls the “extreme attacks on voting rights and human dignity in many forms by the current leadership of the NC General Assembly.” ...

“We’re going to have to win this back over a couple of cycles,” he says. ...

Renters in Wilmington need to earn $15.69 per hour in order to afford a basic apartment here ...

Debra Saunders-White, deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, will assume her new duties June 1. ...

"M-L-K! M-L-K!' rang out along 10th and Ann Streets on Thursday morning, January 17, 2013. ...