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A 28-mile natural gas pipeline Enbridge Gas North Carolina has proposed for a rural stretch of Chatham County has prompted protests from small farmers and others. Some residents are worried the pipeline would fuel more of the population and business growth that is already threatening their way of life. (Photo: Fred Clasen-Kelly/KFF Health News)
By Fred Clasen-Kelly
This story was produced by KFF Health News.
CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Despite being in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, this rural county of roughly 85,000 people is still brimming with red foxes, coyotes, white-tailed deer, and wild turkeys.
But in recent months, Enbridge Gas North Carolina’s proposed plans for a natural gas pipeline have exposed how population growth, here and across the nation, is driving a divide between wealthy newcomers and longtime residents.
Black students accounted for more than 55 percent of all out-of-school suspensions (OSS), but made up only a quarter of the student population. (Image: Adobe Stock)
By Ahmed Jallow
Black students in North Carolina were 3.7 times as likely as their white peers to receive a short-term suspension during the 2024-25 school year, even as the overall number of suspensions continues to decline, according to an analysis of state education data by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.
The disparity in short-term suspensions was largely unchanged from the previous year.
(Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
By Christine Zhu
National Democrats are rethinking their campaign strategy in North Carolina as Republican groups — and even the GOP candidate — pause spending in the state’s open U.S. Senate race.
The campaign for Michael Whatley, former chair of the Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party, has temporarily pulled its ads from television while reevaluating its target audience, according to The News and Observer.
(Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
By Clayton Henkel
Beaufort County Board of Elections Director Kellie Hopkins has been involved in North Carolina elections for 28 years. She’s learned firsthand that you can’t procrastinate.
“Election preparation started months ago,” Hopkins said in a Wednesday briefing on election procedures hosted by Keep Our Republic, a nonpartisan civic education organization.
Hopkins’ staff is busy this week doing extensive logic and accuracy testing of the county’s voting machines and tabulators.
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