Ren Larson, Author at The Assembly NC

The Democrats’ Shrinking Tent

Four state House Democrats who voted with Republicans on key bills face primary challenges.

Lawmakers have awarded $4.5 million to a literacy program that does not align with current educational standards.

Lagging salaries in state government have made it difficult to fill vacant jobs, and the budget deal falls short of the boost many say is needed.

A little-known nonprofit to fund innovation could get $1.4 billion of state money—without having to reveal who receives its grants.

Inside the debate over Shaw University’s attempt to rezone its downtown Raleigh campus — the cash-poor school’s biggest asset.

A development fight has split the Greensboro exurb of Summerfield. The threat of state intervention might actually bring them together.

A five-hour meeting about the future of Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies raised as many questions as it answered.

Work at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies has all but stopped, staff have quit, and more are being laid off.