Politics

This year’s midterm elections led to what many are calling a historic “blue wave.” Democrats managed to flip a number of Republican-held seats in Washington.For this edition of Ask an Expert, WFDD's Morning Host Robin Lambert spoke with Jason Husser, professor of political science and public policy and director of the Elon poll at Elon University.

A group of three panelists will discuss the need for and art of collaborative dialogue in fraught political times during a workshop Tuesday at Wake Forest University.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was the final speaker at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night in Chicago, Illinois, before Vice President Kamala Harris gave her acceptance speech.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spoke at an event in Tennessee over the weekend sponsored by a group that is against birth control and abortion. The…

A lower-than-expected revenue surplus could delay extra funding for a private school voucher program. State House leaders are looking for other sources of…

Republicans in the state Senate want to crack down on recent protests by restricting the use of masks in public. The new bill also would create a felony…

Last week, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand access to Medicaid. Given that the expansion option has been available to state governments for nearly a decade, why has this taken so long?

The North Carolina General Assembly is returning to Raleigh after its usual two-week January break and turning to the business of legislating. The House…

A legal challenge to North Carolina's taxpayer-funded scholarship program for K-12 children to attend private schools — focused on claims of bias based on…

Since 2020, groups devoted to investigating election processes and hunting for alleged voter fraud have sprung up across the country. A new story in The…