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Democrats have filed a lawsuit over an early voting law passed by the Republican-led General Assembly in 2018 and set to take effect in 2020. 

North Carolina judges are upholding changes to state legislative maps. Republicans were ordered to amend them after the court found them to overly favor the GOP.

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North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections. 

Parts of North Carolina's textile, agricultural and railroad past have been recognized as national historic places, a designation that can help preserve them.

Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the U.S. Senate, died Monday following a prolonged illness. She was 66.

Wake Forest Baptist Health is teaming with the Duke University Medical Center to study the benefits and risks of cholesterol-lowering drugs for elderly adults. 

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The interim chancellor of East Carolina University retired over the weekend.

The announcement comes after photos of Dan Gerlach at a bar with students made their way to social media. 

Microsoft Corp. is expanding its North Carolina footprint by hiring new workers to build out its engineering and quantum computing businesses.