Rusty Jacobs
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Rusty Jacobs is a politics reporter for WUNC. Rusty previously worked at WUNC as a reporter and substitute host from 2001 until 2007 and now returns after a nine-year absence during which he went to law school at Carolina and then worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Wake County.
As a reporter, he has covered a wide array of topics including military affairs, sports, government and damaging storms.
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Voters in North Carolina are being courted by both Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. In Granville county, a competitive area, voters have a variety of views and some remain undecided.
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Republicans are set to gain at least three congressional seats, under a new map approved by North Carolina lawmakers.
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Major changes are likely coming to North Carolina's voting rules. A bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting mail ballots and expand access for partisan poll watchers. -
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have passed a bill to tighten voting access, and may now override the Democratic governor's veto of that legislation.
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The high court will consider whether to hear arguments over the conservative "independent state legislature" theory. -
TV stations in North Carolina have pulled controversial ads targeting Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cheri Beasley.
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Despite bipartisan support in the Republican-majority state senate, House Speaker Tim Moore says medical marijuana legislation is unlikely to reach the floor in his chamber. -
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the challenge to the N.C. congressman's candidacy. -
Legislative Republicans in North Carolina want the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a state redistricting case. -
The General Assembly approved new plans last week for North Carolina's congressional and state legislative districts.
