James Gailliard says a GOP mailer exploited his son's 2014 death; Sen. Lisa Barnes calls the claim untrue.

A Superior Court judge dismissed the suit with prejudice, but the Southern Environmental Law Center says an appeal is still on the table.

Wake County trustees vote today on excusing students an hour a week for religious instruction, with LifeWise Academy already eyeing Willow Springs Elementary.

Guilford County dropped campus early voting at NC A&T and UNCG, but records show midterms never had it before.

Shelly Headen compared her ordeal to Jesus and MLK — but she's stuck on the ballot in a district Republicans need for a veto-proof majority.

UNC-Greensboro welcomed back roughly 35 students who once dropped teaching after failing the Praxis Core. Officials hope it eases a statewide staffing crunch.

TJ Cawley got two drone-show bids for Morrisville's Diwali, but the council never voted — and the fireworks-free event goes on as planned.

Text messages show Michael Magnanti steering Republican board votes to keep a Creedmoor voting site closed — one member deleted the texts.

At UNC Greensboro, Gov. Stein toured a sign-language lab and heard veteran teachers say raises still skip years 15 through 24.

About a dozen demonstrators sat in on NCAA arguments, accusing Chief Justice Paul Newby of favoring Duke Energy over the public.

Seth Kotch trimmed his seven-page, color-coded syllabus for a mandated public database, but says the tough classroom conversations stay put.

Exponential Scholars covered 3,233 classroom requests across North Carolina, including one that reopened a Kinston-area school media center.

Dan Ariely donned a pirate hat at Israel's legislature days after a third of his research came under fire back home at Duke.