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The Senate's proposal would cut millions of dollars of funding for need-based students.

Universities' expense sheets include big-ticket facility upgrades, salaries, and budget deficit corrections.

Robeson County consistently voted for Democratic presidential candidates until Donald Trump's first run. It's one of North Carolina's more purple counties.

NC Promise has led to significant enrollment increases at public universities in the state. But this year, those gains could come at a cost.

North Carolina's Museum of the Southeast American Indian released a song described as being by and for Native communities.

While it comes with its critics and concerns, sports betting could benefit 10 UNC System schools, including UNC Pembroke, in a big way. Once betting begins, those schools – the 10 with the smallest athletic department budgets – will split 20% of the yearly tax revenue from legal gambling in North Carolina.

Seven regional hubs will be located at a mix of public and private HBCUs, and the state’s only Historically American Indian University.

In recent years, many Lumbees have helped shift Robeson County politically from a place with a reliable majority for the Democratic Party to a county that largely s Republicans. A push for federal recognition for the tribe is one of the factors.

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow American Indian high school students to wear feathers as part of their graduation regalia.

The UNC Pembroke School of Health Sciences used federal funding to purchase two mobile clinics so nursing students could ister shots in rural communities across Robeson County.