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State Superintendent of Schools Mark Johnson and Republican lawmakers announced a new plan Wednesday to help teachers purchase the items they need.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation requiring that the Holocaust be taught in schools. 

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The Winston-Salem chapter of the NAACP and the city's Urban League are calling on lawmakers to withdraw a bill they say is discriminatory. 

The chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party and a secretive big-money donor are facing federal bribery and wire fraud charges accusing them of trying to sway regulatory decisions in favor of the donor's insurance companies, according to indictments unsealed Tuesday.

Some North Carolina lawmakers are proposing legislation to help entice retired teachers back to the classroom.

The weekend March Madness games may have been disappointing for fans of Tobacco Road's college basketball teams. But for the networks it was a ratings bonanza.

The woman known as North Carolina's "elevator lady" is punching the last buttons on her career as state labor commissioner.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is ordering Duke Energy to remove coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, including Belews Creek in Stokes County.