The State Board of Elections approved new rules on Thursday aimed at removing “potential noncitizens” from voter rolls by using a federal database. The 3-2…
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A team of student journalists at The 9th Street Journal has won the 2026 Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism for a series…
The State Board of Elections intended to change its voting rules on Wednesday to better identify noncitizens. But enormous public opposition forced the body to…
Over the past decade in Durham, no local candidate has won without backing from one of two dominant political action committees: the Durham Committee on…
After a year in the state Senate, Durhamites still approve of Sophia Chitlik. “I feel so grateful,” she said in a phone call. “I feel…
The lone incumbent seeking reelection to the Durham school board has been unseated. The District 2 seat currently held by Bettina Umstead has been won…
Durham County’s two-term district attorney will have a third. Satana Deberry defeated her Democratic primary challenger, Jonathan Wilson II Tuesday, winning 61 percent of the…
Though new to school board politics, candidates in the District 1 race come with lived experience as the district’s graduates, parents and teachers. The winner…
Just days before the primary decides the Democratic candidate for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, the race is flush with PAC money and a rush…
Endorsements are out for the upcoming March 3 election from the Friends of Durham, and they diverge from other local endorsing groups in several school…