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The Center Square

U.S. right

The Center Square is a state-and-local news wire service owned by the conservative nonprofit Franklin News Foundation and funded largely through undisclosed donor money rather than subscriptions or ad revenue. It presents itself as nonpartisan but consistently favors right-leaning and free-market framing in its coverage. Its national and policy coverage of the Trump administration tends to be favorable or neutral rather than critical.

Owned byFranklin News Foundation, a conservative nonprofit (formerly known as Watchdog.org before a 2019 rebrand)

LeaningU.S. right

On the administrationbroadly supportive

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4.2average bias score across 29 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 Tillis Memoir 'How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents' Goes On Sale; He Calls His Hegseth Vote His 'Biggest Regret'
3 NC Legislature Returns Sept. 28 for Veto Override Votes on Judge Suspensions, Public Camping Bills
3 Judge Moves James Comey's Arraignment in '86 47' Seashell Case to January 2027 and Sets No New Trial Date
3 NC Court of Appeals Rules 2-1 That State Auditor, Not Governor, Can Appoint Elections Boards
4 Uzbek-Born U.S. Citizen Extradited From Georgia to Brooklyn on Charges of Funding ISIS and al-Nusrah Fighters' Travel
4 Federal Judge Rules USDA's SNAP Rollout Deadline Unlawful in 22-State Case That Includes North Carolina
3 North Carolina Joins 40-State, $694 Million Settlement With Auto Lender Credit Acceptance
4 Charlotte to Host WTA Finals From 2027 to 2029 Under $14.4 Million State Grant; WTA to Move Headquarters From Florida
4 North Carolina and 11 Local Governments Reach $455 Million PFAS Settlement With Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, Plus a $135 Million Reserve Fund
5 NC Audit Finds Lottery Sales Rose to $6.6 Billion in FY2025 While Education Transfers Held Near $1.08 Billion
5 North Carolina WARN Filings Show 3,402 Announced Layoffs So Far in 2026, About 30% of Them in the Charlotte Area
4 NC Republican District Committee Picks Retired Judge Jerry Tillett to Fill Vacant State Senate Seat
5 Great Southern Wood Announces $40 Million Lumber Treatment Plant and 43 Jobs in Scotland County, N.C.
5 Sinlahekin, Little Giant and Ptarmigan Fires Have Burned About 318,500 Acres in Washington as of Aug. 21
4 NC Elections Board Meets to Set Early Voting Plans for 20 Counties After County Boards Split