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NC Newsline

U.S. center-left

NC Newsline is a nonprofit North Carolina news outlet owned by States Newsroom and funded through foundation grants and individual donations, not advertising or a corporate parent. It grew out of a progressive policy-advocacy nonprofit and its coverage still tends to emphasize scrutiny of conservative state and federal policy, including the Trump administration.

Owned byOwned by States Newsroom, a nonprofit network of state-level news outlets; formerly under the North Carolina Justice Center before ownership transferred to States Newsroom in February 2023

LeaningU.S. center-left

On the administrationbroadly critical

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4.8average bias score across 114 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 North Carolina Votes Tuesday on Open U.S. Senate Seat, a Photo ID Amendment and All 14 U.S. House Seats
5 North Carolina Early Voting Ends With 2.6 Million Ballots in State Count, Up More Than 37% From 2022; Aggregator Puts Total Near 2.8 Million, With Registered Democrats at 38.4% and Registered Republicans at 26.2%
3 Stein Asks N.C. Supreme Court to Review Ruling That Let Auditor Boliek Appoint Elections Boards
3 Justice Department Charges 18 Noncitizens in North Carolina With Voting Illegally in 2024, Bringing the State's 2026 Total to 30
3 North Carolina's 1st District Race Hits $52.9 Million in Ads and Reservations as of Oct. 27, a Record for a U.S. House General Election, AdImpact Says
5 Union-Backed Group Launches N.C. Medicaid Outreach Campaign; Gov. Stein's Office Estimates More Than 250,000 Could Lose Coverage Under Federal Rules Starting Jan. 1, 2027
5 AAA: North Carolina Gas Fell About 48 Cents a Gallon and Diesel 38 Cents in First 10 Days of 41-Cent Fuel Tax Suspension
4 Stein and Jackson Ask Regulators to Require Data Centers to Help Pay for New Power Plants in Duke Tariff Deal
4 Gov. Stein Asks N.C. Supreme Court to Review 2-1 Appeals Ruling That Let the State Auditor Appoint Elections Boards
3 Federal Judge Denies Bid to Block North Carolina's Sept. 4 Absentee Ballot Sealing and Signature Rules for the 2026 Midterms
5 Trump Rallies in Greenville for Whatley as Two October Polls Show Cooper Leading N.C. Senate Race by 7 and 14 Points
4 17 N.C. Counties Offer Sunday Early Voting, Down From 40 in 2022; Guilford Board Left N.C. A&T and UNC-Greensboro Without Campus Sites
5 Two New Polls Show Cooper Ahead of Whatley by 7 and 14 Points as N.C. Early Voting Opens
3 N.C. Elections Board Sends Citizenship Letters to 1,392 Registered Voters Flagged by Federal SAVE Database
5 Stein Signs House Bill 3, Suspending North Carolina's 41-Cent Gas Tax From Oct. 10 Through Nov. 30