Christina Koch hung a poster of the Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo in her dorm room. Now, she is credited with taking “Earthset” ...

James Richardson, a Greenville man serving two life sentences for a 2009 drive-by double homicide he maintains he did not commit, spent much of the past year in a legal limbo familiar to many North ...

The budget funds many of the governor's priorities, but it strips his power to make appointments to several state boards.

It’s a time of unprecedented increases in electricity prices. Since 2021, prices spiked 40% on average around the country. No other decade has seen electricity prices increase so much, so quickly.

More than 2,600 people sued Chemours and DuPont over PFAS contamination in North Carolina. After eight years, the trial won’t ...

Roy Cooper speaks at a campaign event for Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in October 2024. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, file) ...

On July 2, North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature announced that it had finally passed its first budget in three years, making it the last state in the nation to do so. For months, no one ...

Assembly Members get full access to The Caucus, our twice-weekly politics newsletter. Quality journalism demands significant investment. At The Assembly, we hire seasoned reporters, editors, and ...

Mariam Elias celebrates her Ph.D. graduation with her family. (Courtesy of Elias) The sound is the part Mariam Elias mentions most. It was huge, she says, loud enough that all of Damascus heard it. A ...

For many families, the last day of school before summer break is marked by feelings of joy and accomplishment, a time to check off another milestone in their children’s educational journey. But at ...

For more than 40 years, North Carolina’s politicians worked, ate, and slept at the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh.