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Charlotte NPR station WFAE says it's cutting 6 staff members. This comes after Congress voted early this morning to cut $1.1 Billion from public broadcasting. #ncpol wfae.org/inside-wfae/20…

Revealing reporting from INDY Week's Chloe Courtney Bohl about a call hosted by Saint Augustine's University officials. SAU's debts exceed $47 million (not including a $20 million default judgement SAU is contesting). Enrollment is about 53 students. indyweek.com/news/wake/sain…

How NC Central University plans to grow research, enrollment over next 5 years newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…

Over 100,000 NC voters must update their registrations or risk barriers to voting in future elections. Here's our analysis of the age, party, race and geography of the affected voters #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

NEW: UNC System's Board of Governors has directed campuses to form new committees to scrutinize compliance w/ system DEI policies. Each committee’s work will continue until the BOG "deems its specific oversight no longer needed." The Assembly theassemblync.com/education/high…

Robeson County's only hospital is "deeply concerned" by Medicaid cuts in the OBBB. It's one of NC's poorest counties, with 58% Medicaid enrollment. This is just one example of how cuts to Medicaid put rural hospitals and their residents at risk. newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #ncpol

Legendary Southern restaurant Mama Dip’s closes after nearly 50 years newsobserver.com/living/food-dr…

Another state joins the UNC System, Florida, Texas and others in the effort to form a new accreditor:

A The News & Observer photojournalist and I spent the past few months talking with and visiting North Carolina shrimpers and other commercial fishermen, who have been thrust into the spotlight recently. Here's what we learned: newsobserver.com/news/state/nor…

NEW from Virginia Bridges and me: UNC-Chapel Hill will pay the family of professor Zijie Yan a $750,000 settlement in a wrongful death claim against the university. Yan was killed in his office during the 2023 campus shooting. newsobserver.com/news/local/cri…

Confirmed: Michael Whatley is launching his Senate campaign in North Carolina, stepping down from Republican National Committee. #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Duke announced today that nearly 600 employees took voluntary buyouts under a program initiated amid threats to the university’s funding by the Trump administration. Now, the university will make involuntary layoffs in August: newsobserver.com/news/local/edu…

Have not seen this reported elsewhere, but new UNC men's basketball general manager Jim Tanner has already gotten a raise. wral.com/sports/unc-men…

NC universities enroll 7,000 Indian students. Visa delays may threaten that. newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Exclusive: NC's Roy Cooper launches 2026 campaign: "I’ve thought about it and prayed about it and decided I want to serve as your next United States senator because even now I still believe our best days our ahead of us." #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Meet the new face in #UNC's quarterback room: Gio Lopez and the chance Bill Belichick gave him in the spring — one he's been waiting for. The News & Observer newsobserver.com/sports/college…

The Education and HHS Departments sent a Monday letter to Duke requesting compliance with the investigations and demanding the University create a “Merit and Civil Rights Committee” to oversee violation resolution: dukechronicle.com/article/2025/0…