Helena Marsh covers the North Carolina General Assembly, constitutional law, and environmental accountability from Raleigh. She previously reported for the Washington Post and the Raleigh News & Observer.
After marathon negotiations in Raleigh, bipartisan leaders signed off on a landmark package to fortify Outer Banks barrier islands, coastal marshes, and Eastern North Carolina river basins against worsening Atlantic storm surges.
Bipartisan compromise bill lifts average educator pay into the top twenty nationally, aiming to curb vacancies across rural school districts.
High court ruling establishes concrete transparency deadlines and public map-submission windows ahead of next cycle's decennial reapportionment.
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