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The deal, announced Thursday, is the largest total environmental damages recovery in state history, according to Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office.
Millions of North Carolinians routinely download and use TikTok for entertainment, news and advertising. But its popularity in the state doesn’t mean that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, should be tried here, attorneys for the social media giant argued Wednesday before the North Carolina Supreme Court. The case stems from an October 2024 lawsuit filed by […]
North Carolina’s lottery is selling more tickets than ever – but it’s putting less of the money it makes into schools, says Auditor Dave Boliek. A new audit found that gross ticket sales for the state’s Education Lottery rose from $4.3 billion in FY 2023 to $6.6 billion in FY 2025. But the percentage of […]
Two North Carolina groups are launching a campaign against two tax-related constitutional amendments on the November ballot, touting plans to knock on 500,000 doors and collect 100,000 pledges from voters to oppose the measures. Down Home North Carolina and the Carolina Federation, two progressive organizing groups focused on working-class voters, announced the “Fund the […]
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North Carolina is consistently ranked among America’s top states for business. But a new ranking by Oxfam lists the state dead last in this year’s 2026 Best States to Work Index. Oxfam, a global nonprofit focused on poverty and inequality, examined 37 policies including wages, worker protections, and the right to organize to determine which […]
