Rusty Jacobs
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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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.
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The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the challenge to the N.C. congressman's candidacy.
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A Vietnamese automaker has chosen to open its first U.S. plant in Chatham County and is planning to pump out as many as 150,000 electric vehicles starting in 2024.
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A candidate challenge against Madison Cawthorn has been blocked by a Trump-appointed federal judge, but questions about his qualifications to serve — and the ripple effects of his own impolitic statements — might hurt his re-election bid.
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The Supreme Court denied Republican lawmakers' request to block use of a Congressional district map for 2022 - so close to the primaries.
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The justices are allowing maps selected by the N.C. Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. The map most likely will give Democrats an additional House seat in 2023.
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A hearing in federal district court could keep voters from getting to challenge Madison Cawthorn's candidacy.
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Legislative Republicans in North Carolina want the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a state redistricting case.
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The General Assembly approved new plans last week for North Carolina's congressional and state legislative districts.