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The Politician who Refused to Eat Barbecue and Lost (also, it's the Rabbit Hole's Fifth Birthday)

An update on the state of the Hole, but first, the most ridiculous North Carolina political food story ever told.
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GOP congressmen want the National Guard in Charlotte. Here's where violent crime is a bigger problem.
Sure, the data can't always tell the entire story. But one representative who's asking for a deployment isn't suggesting the same solution for a more…
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Pour one out for Charlotte magazine
The publication that gave me a shot to be a writer is shutting down.
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Hardly anybody votes in off-year elections. Why does North Carolina have them?
Generations ago, leaders thought local elections should be protected from state and national issues. We're still dealing with the effects of that…
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North Carolina's shortest airline flight was 16 miles long
You used to be able to take a flight between two easy-to-get-to cities that were literally a county apart. Why? Piedmont Airlines, that's why.
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Why Can't North Carolina's Governor Veto A Redistricting Bill?
GOP state lawmakers are coming back to Raleigh next week to try and make North Carolina's congressional delegation even MORE Republican. The governor…
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Why Are SO MANY Outer Banks houses collapsing into the ocean?
Nine homes have been taken out by the Atlantic Ocean in just the last few weeks? Why so many? Why now? We asked a longtime Outer Banks journalist for…
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Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?
A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A…
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