An 1854 map of North Carolina, 12 years after Catawba County and Lincoln County split. Two counties in North Carolina's Piedmont region redrew their border this year to match the one originally ...

Plaintiffs in an existing lawsuit against North Carolina's congressional maps amended it Thursday to also challenge new eastern North Carolina districts the General Assembly passed this week. The ...

North Carolina's First Congressional District has long been at the center of the Black political experience in this state. Encompassing much of eastern North Carolina, it includes counties where Black ...

A ruling on whether to block North Carolina’s new congressional district map from being used in the 2026 elections could come any day now, following a hearing on the case Wednesday in federal court. A ...

ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County has moved to a more economically distressed ranking on an annual tier list from the N.C. Department of Commerce, as did several other Western North Carolina counties, ...

North Carolina Republicans proposed a new congressional map Thursday, escalating the national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The new map could flip the competitive 1st ...

The district court ruling means that the party is one step closer to securing another seat in the U.S. House and retaining its majority, at the urging of President Trump. By Eduardo Medina Reporting ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. At President Donald Trump’s request, North Carolina Republicans proposed a new ...