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Posted inElections

The Democrats’ Shrinking Tent

by Ren Larson February 5, 2024August 16, 2024

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

Posted inEducation

Is Our Children Reading?

by Ren Larson December 20, 2023May 10, 2024

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

Posted inPolitics

How State Vacancies Are Hurting Businesses 

by Ren Larson September 25, 2023October 12, 2023

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.

Posted inPolitics

A $1.4 Billion Bet on North Carolina’s Universities

by Ren Larson July 19, 2023October 25, 2024

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

Posted inHigher Education

Development Might Be Shaw’s Future. Can It Hold on to Its Past?

by Ren Larson June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

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

Posted inBusiness

Divisions and Subdivisions

by Ren Larson May 15, 2023June 21, 2025

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

Posted inCulture

Cut to the Core

by Ren Larson and Kate Medley March 4, 2023March 29, 2023

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

Posted inCulture

A Cultural Institution at a Crossroads

by Ren Larson February 28, 2023March 29, 2023

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

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