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heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown
College football fans accustomed to normally waiting until two weeks, or less, to learn the starting time of upcoming games received some early planning relief on Thursday. The ACC announced starting times, and television assignments, for the season’s first three weeks in addition to more information about a handful of games later in the season.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
House Republicans listen during a press conference about their budget bill at the Legislative Building on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. The News & Observer When North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) officially launched in 2022, it sought to answer a simple, but ambitious, question: Would using Medicaid to address socioeconomic disparities improve people’s health?
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heraldonline.com | Kaitlin McKeown
The ACC’s return to an 18-game men’s basketball schedule for the first time since 2018-19 means a new breakdown of opponents this season. It also means the end of at least one tradition that dates back more than a century. After deciding earlier this month to trim the number of league games by two for the 2025-26 season, the ACC announced Wednesday each team’s slate of league opponents. The new format assigns every school a primary partner that it will play twice every season.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
DMV Commissioner Paul Tine greets LaKishia Bell, a drivers license examiner at the DMV East Raleigh office, on Friday, May 9, 2025. The News & Observer RALEIGHIt would seem that Paul Tine has one of the least desirable jobs in state government. As the new Division of Motor Vehicles commissioner, Tine oversees an agency most people dread dealing with.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
A statue of George Washington has stood on the grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh since 1857. It’s been four decades since it was last refurbished The News & Observer RALEIGHFrom his perch on Capitol Square, George Washington projects a jaunty self-confidence, his gaze steady, his chin lifted, his wig tied in a respectable bow — keeping a patriot’s post with sword at the ready.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
North Carolina House Minority Leader Robert Reives speaks during a press conference at the N.C. Department of Justice on May 1, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C., when Gov. Josh Stein, center, was attorney general. On the left is Sen. Dan Blue. [email protected] Democratic Gov. Josh Stein was at the Legislative Building on Wednesday, talking with lawmakers ahead of the first key vote on the House budget.
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2 weeks ago | 
heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
An American flag flies above Wolfspeed prior to a visit by then-President Joe Biden on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Durham, N.C. [email protected] I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. There is life after bankruptcy. Many companies, this newspaper’s parent company included, have gone through Chapter 11 and continued, plenty healthier than before.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
Chris and Terri Darden sit with their eight-year-old Golden Retriever, Roxy, at their new home in Raleigh, N.C. The News & Observer For the past 12 years, Chris and Terri Darden have lived as renters. Most recently, they paid $2,945 a month for a four-bedroom house in Cary. They thought it was their best option. They’d owned before but now In their mid-60s, buying felt out of reach. “We didn’t want to get into a 30-year loan at our age,” said Terri Darden.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
Reps. Shelly Willingham, Carla Cunningham and Garland Pierce talk during a break in session in the House chamber of the Legislative Building on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. The News & Observer Good morning and welcome to Under the Dome. The first clue came around noon when Gov. Josh Stein had nice things to say about the budget. It became clearer in the early evening.
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heraldsun.com | Kaitlin McKeown
Rep. Terry Brown, a Democrat from Mecklenburg County, speaks with Rep. Donny Lambeth, a Republican from Forsyth County, prior to a session in the House chamber of the Legislative Building on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. The News & Observer North Carolina House Democrats crossed the aisle to vote for a GOP-written state budget Wednesday, a surprisingly bipartisan show of support that also sets up a fight within the Republican Party over taxes.
