Category Archives: Triangle/Local
"Sober Operative Act" aims to cut drunk driving with tougher laws and lower BAC limits
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A bill in the legislature seeks to crack down on drunk driving - in an effort to make driving safer. At a Legislative Building press conference, Ellen Pitt with the Western Nort...
Apr 15, 2025
Proposed bill could remove thousands of books from NC public schools
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - What is your child reading? Lawmakers in Raleigh are rolling out a bill that could affect what your student reads. At a Legislative Building press conference this week, State Re...
Apr 15, 2025
Supporters rally for Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs amid legal battle
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – Supporters of Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs held a rally near the Legislative Building to criticize the ongoing legal effort to overturn Riggs’ less...
Apr 14, 2025
Supporters rally for Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs amid legal battle
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Supporters of Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs held a rally near the Legislative Building to criticize the ongoing legal effort to overturn Riggs' less than 800 vo...
Apr 14, 2025
Ex-congressman Nickel entering race to unseat North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to try to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026, sa...
Apr 09, 2025
Rare greenhouse gas law in NC could get pulled back by GOP legislators
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that...
Apr 03, 2025
Rare greenhouse gas law in NC could get pulled back by GOP legislators
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that sought t...
Apr 03, 2025
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb an...
Mar 28, 2025
North Carolina Senate majority leader to resign from chamber
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A top lieutenant to North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger announced on Tuesday his resignation from his Senate seat, creating a leadership vacancy as the Senate enters a more i...
Mar 25, 2025
North Carolina justices decide family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors’ group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine ...
Mar 21, 2025