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Read the official alertReporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Fairview farmer Jamie Ager defeated Republican state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom on Tuesday in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, delivering Democrats a seat flip and ensuring redrawn maps in October would not produce an 11-3 Republican delegation.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Michael Whatley in the election of a seat in the U.S. Senate from North Carolina on Tuesday, turning back the president’s pick to help him get reelected two years ago and bucking multiple Republican trends in the state.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Ronda and Rowland, small North Carolina communities in financial hardship, are being formally examined by the Local Government Commission to determine if rehabilitation or dissolution is the best step for residents.
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Reporting from Just the News
The issues affected voting locations in Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Coinciding with the return of football, sports wagering in North Carolina just missed generating a full half-million dollars daily in September, the Lottery Commission update from Friday says.
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(The Center Square) – North Carolina, following an affirmation on Friday by S&P Global, remains in a top tier for its outstanding general obligation bonds.
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(The Center Square) – Nearly 9 in 10 voter registrations went to Democrats in North Carolina for the most recent seven-day update by the State Board of Elections, according to analysis by The Center Square.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Lowest average prices for a gallon of diesel fuel or regular unleaded gasoline are 19 and 16 cents better, respectively, in North Carolina than any other state in the nation, according to an update Monday from AAA.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Consumer grocery staples in North Carolina’s capital city are significantly less than the percentage increase of the national inflation rate as analyzed between the president’s inauguration and a day before the 2026 midterm elections.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – More than 2 million ballots have been cast through absentee mail and early in-person voting in North Carolina, with the latter wrapping up Saturday.
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