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[ ![Audit: Department of Public Safety off $97.3M in overstated, understated errors](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/b93b934ebc.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/audit-department-of-public-safety-off-97-3m-in-overstated-understated-errors)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Overstated and understated errors totaled $97.3 million, says an audit of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Pittsburgh’s American Eagle Outfitters expanding in North Carolina](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/4a739c6850.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/pittsburghs-american-eagle-outfitters-expanding-in-north-carolina)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Rowan County’s three-year tax break is more than a quarter of a million dollars and the One North Carolina Fund, based on performance, is poised to add another

 

 

 

 

[ ![ECU’s Brody School of Medicine under federal investigation](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/b3c91405cf.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/ecus-brody-school-of-medicine-under-federal-investigation)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Compliance with past U.S. Supreme Court rulings, presidential executive orders, and laws both federal and state are being achieved at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University

 

 

 

 

[ ![Trump admin investigates five medical schools over DEI](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/19e9ecb0a6.png) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/trump-admin-investigates-five-medical-schools-over-dei)

 By Esther Wickham | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched investigations Tuesday into five medical schools nationwide to determine whether their admissions practices violate Title VI of the

 

 

 

 

 

[ ![Push increased for Dalilah’s Law to get a floor vote](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/f65d90ebf8.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/push-increased-for-dalilahs-law-to-get-a-floor-vote)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – More than four months later, federal legislation from a North Carolina congressman addressing nondomiciled commercial drivers remains stuck in the U.S. House of Representatives.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Illegal voter registrations will be probed, due process afforded](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/f22dbe1667.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/illegal-voter-registrations-will-be-probed-due-process-afforded)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Each of the 1,599 noncitizens registered to vote in North Carolina will be subject to state and federal law, and afforded due process prior to potential removal, says

 

 

 

 

[ ![Election 2026: Prisoners in historic release by Cooper consistent in pattern](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-07/570ed8c943.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/election-2026-prisoners-in-historic-release-by-cooper-consistent-in-pattern)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – More than 700 prisoners released in addition to U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper’s historic settlement-based 3,500 have a pattern consistent with either homicide, sex offenses, other violent felonies