Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery talks about a draft report and what it might mean for his tribe's push for federal recognition.

North Carolina has spent $675 million in recent years to expand broadband internet across the state. But the state now has more than double that amount in federal funding available to connect people who still don’t have access to high speeds, ramping up the effort to get full high-speed coverage across the state.

Nearly 680,000 North Carolinians have gained health coverage since Medicaid expansion began in 2023. But the Republican tax and spending bill could unravel that progress and put rural hospitals at risk.

In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court said a partisan redistricting case out of North Carolina raised a political, nonjusticiable question for federal courts, leaving the issue to states, their laws and their court systems to manage.

Although the storm has moved away from eastern North Carolina, the impacts are not nearly over for area beaches and waves and rip current risks could be elevated into the weekend.

NC doesn't have any cooling standards, which are local or state laws that require landlords to provide AC during the summer.

Troops will now face tougher rules to get exceptions to the daily shaving requirement. That could especially affect Black men with a skin condition that makes shaving painful and potentially disfiguring.

Frank Alexander lost his Morehead scholarship in the 1970s after getting arrested at a civil rights protest. He tells his story 50 years later, after meeting another scholar who lost her award amid pro-Palestinian activism.

Union Grove Farms is pursuing “agritourism” expansions despite an initial rejection from the Orange County Planning Board.

Donovan Zimmerman is the co-founder and executive director of Paperhand Puppet Intervention. He joined Morning Edition host Eric Hodge.