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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The General Assembly approved new plans last week for North Carolina's congressional and state legislative districts. -
Top state Senate leaders say lawmakers from both parties will work together on maps in the coming days. -
The state Supreme Court has declared congressional and state legislative district maps drawn by the North Carolina General Assembly's Republican majority to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered based on partisan bias. -
Oral arguments in this redistricting case are set for this Wednesday.
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GOP leaders on Monday announced plans for the General Assembly to vote Wednesday on a bill that would push the May 17 primary to June 7. They say they are worried about the timing to redraw legislative or congressional districts should the Supreme Court soon strike down lines. -
A three-judge panel has rejected claims from voting rights advocates that the Republican maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. -
North Carolina's new political maps hang in the balance as redistricting trial is set to start Jan. 3.
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The Confederate statue known as "Silent Sam" had stood on the main campus quad in Chapel Hill from 1913 until it was torn down by protesters in August 2018. -
Thousands have been displaced by the effects of Hurricane Florence. They have taken shelter in facilities around the state. Schools, armories and community centers are now lined with cots.
