north carolina
October 28, 2016 -
North Carolina's flawed crusade to root out non-citizen voters reveals how inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants and voter fraud can disenfranchise legitimate voters.
October 27, 2016 -
In this year's general election, voters in six states across the South will weigh in on ballot measures on issues including legalizing medical pot, adding anti-union provisions to state constitutions, protecting the power of electric utility monopolies, and allowing a state takeover of troubled public schools.
October 27, 2016 -
Asian Americans are an increasingly important voting bloc in North Carolina's statewide contests, but this year they could make a difference in competitive legislative races as well.
October 21, 2016 -
The deadly storm caused widespread flooding, displacing entire communities as voter registration deadlines loomed. In one Southern state, the governor voluntarily extended the deadline. But in three others — all competitive in the presidential election — Democrats and voting rights groups had to sue to win only modest extensions.
October 21, 2016 -
Across the country, few politicians — especially at the state level — have been as generously backed and politically intertwined with energy interests as North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.
October 20, 2016 -
The record flooding across the Southeast from Hurricane Matthew has resulted in spills of waste from a Duke Energy coal ash pit, hog waste from factory farm lagoons, and sewage from water treatment plants.
October 18, 2016 -
A new report highlights how the fastest-growing racial demographic in a politically divided state could hold the key to victory in 2016.