News You Can Use - November 10, 2025

Chatham/North Carolina

Agriculture

• Spectrum News: NC Farmers On Edge as Trump-China Deal Leaves Out Tobacco

Chatham Development

• Chapelboro: Design for Chatham Park’s South Village Takes Shape; Pittsboro Comments on Small Area Plan

Child Care

• WUNC: This fall, NC had a net loss of child care providers. The state budget delay is one factor

Education

• Carolina Public Press: Policing By the Books. What’s With All the Security at Some NC Libraries?

• Carolina Public Press: Justices Take Up Questions About Private School Contracts

Elections

• Cardinal & Pine: Election Night Was a Bad Night for NC Republican Incumbents

• Carolina Forward: The Man Behind the Curtain

• Carolina Public Press: High Turnout for NC Municipal Elections as Voters Make Themselves Heard

• Chapelboro: Local Election News from Chapelboro

• Chapelboro: Candice Hunziker, Tiana Thurber Elected to Pittsboro Board of Commissioners

• The Assembly NC: Are Non-Partisan Elections a Thing of the Past?

• The Carolina Journal: Democrats Dominate 2025 NC Municipal Elections

• WUNC: What we learned from NC local elections

Government Shutdown

• WRAL: Weekend Travelers Brace for RDU Delays, Cancellations as FAA Reductions Have Ripple Effect

Governor Stein's Asia Trip

• Axios Raleigh: North Carolina governor Josh Stein went to Japan, Taiwan amid Trump trade talks

Health Care

• Axios Raleigh: Lawsuit halts some NC Medicaid cuts for patients with autism

• Cardinal & Pine: Affordable Care Act Premiums Are About To Soar in North Carolina

• Cardinal & Pine: Why Health Insurance Is So Expensive This Year – and What You Can Do About It.

• NC Newsline: Gov. Stein Calls for Special Session To Fund Medicaid as GOP Lawmakers’ Disagreements Persist

• Raleigh News & Observer: Some families are terrified about the NC budget impasse

• Raleigh News & Observer: Gov. Stein urges NC lawmakers to shore up Medicaid funding

• WCET: Gov. Josh Stein Discusses Medical Debt Relief Program Helping Millions of North Carolinians

Helene Recovery

• The Assembly NC: N.C. and Other States Bring Lawsuit Against FEMA and DHS

• WRAL: ‘The Math is Not Compatible’: FEMA Delays Push NC Counties to the Brink

Justice

• MSNBC: Trump To Tap Election Denier Dan Bishop for U.S. Attorney Role in North Carolina

• The Assembly NC: It’s Illegal To Use Gender in Jury Selection. That Hasn’t Stopped It from Happening.

National Guard

• The Assembly NC: House Republicans from N.C. Want the National Guard Sent to Charlotte

Redistricting

• NC Newsline: Federal judges in NC will consider bid to block newly gerrymandered district

SNAP Benefits

• Cardinal & Pine: Here’s How People in North Carolina Are Coping With the SNAP Freeze

• Cardinal & Pine: SNAP Recipients To Receive Partial Benefits in November, NC Officials Confirm

• Carolina Public Press: How Severe Will SNAP Disruption Be for NC Families?

• Carolina Public Press: Federal Drama Around SNAP Funds Leave NC Recipients Trying To Figure Out What Will Happen Next

• Chapelboro: ‘The Needs Keep Growing’: Local Non-Profits Discuss Impact of Lack of SNAP Benefits

• WRAL: NC Attorney General Warns of Fake Food Drive Scams Amid Government Shutdown

• WRAL: North Carolinians Saw Partial SNAP Payments Come in But It’s Not Enough, AG Jackson Says

• WUNC: WIC Benefits Available in NC Through November: SNAP To Pause Amid Federal Shutdown

Tariffs

• NC Newsline: Meet the NC Business Owners Hoping the Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs

Voting Rights

• The Living South: The Voting Rights Act Changed the South. Here’s How To Save It.

U.S./International

Climate Change

• Inside Climate News: Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs

Democratic Party

• Washington Post (Gift Article): Can Democrats Reverse Trump’s Latino Gains? This County Has Clues.

• Washington Post (Gift Article): Ranking the 2028 Democratic Presidential Contenders

Economy

• Politico: Trump’s Economy Is Looking More and More Like Saudi Arabia’s

Elections

• MSNBC: How the shutdown is laying the groundwork for Democrats in 2026

• NOTUS: Republicans Lost Non-White Trump Voters. Some Say That Should Be a ‘Wake Up Call.’ 

• NY Times: The Morning: Our Election Guide

• NY Times: On Politics: Why I’ll Be Watching Virginia Tomorrow

• NY Times: On Politics: Facing the Young and the Restless

• NY Times: On Politics: The Republicans Warning They Have a Problem

• NY Times: The Evening: Election Day’s Key Races

• NY Times: The Morning: Democrats’ Big Night

• Politico: Bolstered by big wins, Dems eye out-of-reach Senate races

• Politico: The Night Democrats Finally Stopped Losing

• Politico: 7 election takeaways — from Trump the foil to post-cancellation politics

• Time: What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani

• Washington Post (Gift Article): How Voters Shifted in Virginia, New Jersey and New York Elections

• Washington Post (Gift Article): Ranking the 2028 Republican Presidential Contenders

First Amendment

• ABC News: Half of Americans Say Trump Admin is Not Committed To Protecting Americans’ Rights and Freedoms: Poll

Government Shutdown

• AP News: Head Start centers face closure during government shutdown

• NOTUS: Hundreds of Flights Are Getting Canceled Due to the Shutdown. More Could Soon Follow.

• NY Times: The Evening: U.S. Plans Flight Cuts

• NY Times: The Morning: The Shutdown Hits Airports

Immigration

• CBS News: ICE's detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high

• Chicago Tribune: Chicago judge issues injunction limiting use of force by ICE

  
  

MAGA

• Washington Post (Gift Article): Far-Right Provocateur Nick Fuentes is Triggering a MAGA Civil War

Nancy Pelosi

• Time: How Nancy Pelosi Wielded Power For Four Decades

Political Violence

• Politico: POLITICO Poll: Americans are bracing for more political violence to erupt, including assassinations

Polling

• ABC News: Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency

• CNN: Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trump’s approval hits second-term low, CNN poll finds

Redistricting

• AP News: Kansas Legislature won't have special session on redistricting

• NOTUS: Gov. Wes Moore Is Creating a Redistricting Advisory Commission in Maryland

• NY Times: The Morning: A Fight Over Maps

• Time: Who’s Up and Who’s Down in the Partisan Redistricting Fight?

SNAP Benefits

• NY Times: The Evening: White House Announces Reduced Food Stamps

• NY Times: The Evening: White House Challenges Food Stamp Ruling

• Politico: Trump admin will partially fund November SNAP benefits

• Politico: Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP

Social Media

• NY Times: The Morning: Banning Social Media

Tariffs

• NY Times: The Evening: Justices Question Trump’s Tariffs

• Politico: Justices appear skeptical of Trump’s broad tariffs

Trump Presidency

• Politico: Donald Trump enters his lame duck era