Friday, November 6, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1973, North Carolina’s State Capitol in Raleigh was named a National Historic Landmark. Completed in 1840, the Greek Revival statehouse is one of the best-preserved civic buildings of its era in the country.

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Stein Touts Gains and Sets Priorities

Gov. Josh Stein celebrated his party’s gains Wednesday after Democrats flipped the North Carolina House for the first time since 2010.

Republicans previously held a 71-49 House majority, but a national blue wave erased it and broke the GOP’s 30-seat Senate supermajority. Republicans appear to hold the Senate 26-24, but Sen. Danny Britt, a Republican representing District 24, leads by 268 votes in a race that could go to a recount. A 25-25 tie would let Democrat Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt break ties.

Stein said voters wanted balance, urged the outgoing legislature to skip a lame-duck session, and backed an independent redistricting commission. His January priorities include the budget, Hurricane Helene recovery, better schools, and lower costs for gas, power, and housing.

He called three GOP-written constitutional amendments a “con job”: voter photo ID, a 3.5% income-tax cap, and a local property-tax limit. However, all three passed by wide margins.

Board Asks Lawmakers to Freeze Vouchers

North Carolina’s State Board of Education asked lawmakers this week to halt new private-school voucher awards and redirect the money to traditional public schools.

The board, filled largely with appointees made by Senator-elect Roy Cooper, the former governor, also wants $300 million a year for reading and math textbooks. The state now spends $37.15 per student on instructional materials, versus $175 in Texas.

The request lands one day after Democrats won a state House majority, giving voucher opponents their most leverage since the Opportunity Scholarship Program began in 2013. The board made the same ask in 2025 and 2026, but the Republican-led legislature declined.

About 104,400 students hold a voucher worth up to $7,942 this year, and the program is scheduled to reach $825 million a year by 2032-33.

UNC Football Probe Costs $914,000

The University of North Carolina spent more than $914,000 on the internal investigation into its football program that concluded in September.

UNC publicly launched the probe July 30. It led to the resignations of general manager Michael Lombardi and defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick. Investigators examined allegations of inappropriate relationships among staffers, possible drug use, and NCAA violations.

UNC said the inquiry found certain actions showed “a disregard for Carolina’s values,” but called the problems isolated rather than a systemic failure. Of the three law firms UNC hired, Barnes & Thornburg billed the most, more than $821,000.

Chancellor Lee Roberts has backed Bill Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, who is in his second season at UNC. “Nobody made us do an investigation,” Roberts said in September.

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➤ Statewide: County election boards across North Carolina published provisional-ballot counts the day after Tuesday’s midterms, as required by law. The ballots will be reviewed during a 10-day canvass, with the county canvass set for Nov. 13 and the state canvass for Nov. 24. (More)

➤ NC Schools: North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction will ask lawmakers this month for a one-time $40 million fund to help school districts cover diesel costs for buses, which have roughly doubled over the past year. (More)

➤ Mecklenburg County reopened Jail North in September to ease severe overcrowding at its main detention center. This week it began taking roughly 66 federal inmates, which brings in federal dollars. Whether juveniles will return to the former youth facility remains unresolved. (More)

➤ Oregon Inlet: The U.S. Coast Guard medevacked a passenger from the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss about 32 miles off Oregon Inlet on Monday after a medical emergency. A crew from Air Station Elizabeth City flew the patient to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in stable condition. (More)

➤ Currituck County: Elizabeth City State University opened a new flight training center in Maple, its third aviation site in northeastern North Carolina. The facility houses two FAA-approved simulators and two hangars, with more aircraft planned as the program grows. (More)

➤ Wilmington: NCDOT revised its Alternative B design for replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, swapping a Fifth Avenue connection for a loop to Third Street to reduce downtown impacts. Public comment on the plans runs through Dec. 4. (More)

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➤ East Carolina football hosts South Florida at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, chasing the two wins they need for bowl eligibility. (See Preview)

➤ Western Carolina football looks to extend a five-game series win streak against the Wofford Terriers Saturday. The game is Heroes Day in Cullowhee, and kickoff is at 1 p.m. on ESPN+. (More)

➤ High school football playoffs open tonight across eight classifications, leading to the state championships Dec. 10-12. Defending champions Hough (8A) and Crest (5A) earned No. 1 seeds. In 7A, undefeated Weddington is the top seed in the West, and defending champion Grimsley, also unbeaten, is No. 2. (See List)

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➤ Piedmont Natural Gas will cut North Carolina’s average residential bill by just under $12 a year starting with November statements. It’s Piedmont’s fifth reduction of 2026. Combined, the cuts lower the typical bill by about 9%, or roughly $112, per year. (More)

➤ NC State’s AI Hub held its first campus gathering Nov. 2, uniting leaders, faculty, staff and students to discuss harnessing artificial intelligence for research, teaching, workforce needs and public benefit across North Carolina. (More)

➤ Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock named longtime High Country chef Hunter Womble its director of culinary operations and a partner in Haven, its new signature restaurant. Womble previously ran the kitchen at the nearby Gideon Ridge Inn. (More)

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➤ The nonprofit Cape Fear Explorers said member Jacob Obriant unearthed Civil War relics near Carolina Beach, including bullets, an 1864 naval artillery fuse, and what’s believed to be a sabot from a Parrott shell, a type used aboard Union warships. (See Photos)

➤ A 3-foot alligator strolled through the back door of Bagel Dock Express and up to the front counter late last month, caught on surveillance video. Southport police and animal services relocated it safely. (See Video)

➤ Before political ads blanketed TV, campaigns leaned on trinkets such as a smiling peanut necklace now on display at UNC’s Wilson Library. The exhibit, which runs through Dec. 15, presents decades of North Carolina political memorabilia, from campaign buttons to novelty keepsakes. (See Photo)

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➤ Diagnosed peanut allergies may not be allergies at all, new research suggests, prompting calls for retesting. (Hear Story)

➤ Unions joined France’s escalating student protests with a nationwide strike Thursday, as the government deployed 70,000 police. (Listen Now)

➤ British actor/commentator Russell Brand has been convicted of rape and sexual assault in London, with a judge warning of significant prison time. (Hear Details)