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On the political calendar this new year are mid-term elections, a short legislative session, and - already underway - a trial that will rule on whether new districts are constitutional. Dawn Vaughan of the News & Observer and WUNC Politics reporter Rusty Jacobs join this episode to preview 2022.

The judges began hearing evidence Monday, and the state Supreme Court has told them to rule by early next week, with expected appeals to follow.

Madison Cawthorn's tactics have upended GOP politics in North Carolina.

WUNC's political team, Jeff Tiberii and Rusty Jacobs, recall some of the biggest stories in North Carolina politics from 2021.

Tested takes another look back at the year in Politics in North Carolina. On this episode: redistricting.

In 2021, WUNC's reporters covered stories like the release of a COVID-19 vaccine, the emergence of two variants, and the end of the nation's

During two days of public comment, the clearest and loudest message to emerge about North Carolina's latest round of redistricting was that the Legislature's Republican majority seems to be picking up where it left off last decade.

We look at what North Carolina lawmakers are up to in the rooms where new political maps are being drawn.

Live updates on the latest news about COVID-19, impacts the pandemic has had on North Carolina, and vaccines.

WUNC In this May 2020 file photo, police officers in riot gear face a line of kneeling protesters in downtown Raleigh. Two bills — one in the state House, the other in the Senate — would stiffen penalties for damaging property or injuring others during a riot. The bills come as North Carolinians continue to protest police violence toward Black individuals. Taari Coleman felt a palpable sense of unity when she joined a large group of people in Raleigh last May to protest the police killi...