Carolina Public Press

12/31/2025

CPP headlines in 2025 were dominated by Helene recovery and other holdovers, plus some surprises and results of investigative reporting.

12/19/2025

Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.

12/19/2025

Cabarrus Co. will better train commissioners as part of settlement. A commissioner had speaker removed for criticizing DSS staff by name.

12/19/2025

Faculty at both public and private colleges in NC express concerns about politicized attacks on academic freedom and limits to free speech.

12/18/2025

Issues with ineligible voters who voted and eligible voters turned away from polls force redo elections in Harrellsville, Morehead City.

12/17/2025

First-year NC Treasurer Brad Briner credits windfall to his new approach to investing. But he opposes a cost-of-living increase for retirees.

12/16/2025

Women’s college in Raleigh has shown signs of problems that have Meredith alums scratching their heads and doubting school’s leadership.

Women's college in Raleigh has shown signs of problems that have Meredith alums scratching their heads and doubting school's leadership.

12/15/2025

Challenge to constitutionality of certificate of need law, regulating medical facilities expansion, could be headed back to NC Supreme Court.

12/12/2025

NC Supreme Court refusal to hear HCA appeal of main certificate of need for new Buncombe Co. hospital, may allow AdventHealth to start building.

Supreme Court refusal to hear HCA appeal of main certificate of need for new Buncombe hospital, may allow AdventHealth to start building.

12/12/2025

Newly GOP-controlled election boards in Jackson, Cumberland and Guilford counties weigh changes related to campus early voting sites.

12/11/2025

NC cuts to Medicaid reimbursements designed to shore up funding faced court challenges that made them unworkable. Funding still unresolved.

12/10/2025

Research at several North Carolina colleges shows that food insecurity is a serious and complex issue for many students.