/tags/raise-the-age-bill Raise The Age Bill en-US Copyright Fri, 19 May 2017 14:42:38 GMT /politics/2017-05-19/wuncpolitics-podcast-raise-the-age-bill-opioid-grants-and-cardinal-innovations-audit On this edition of the ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ politics podcast, a conversation with Rose Hoban of North Carolina Heath News. This week lawmakers at the General Assembly… Fri, 19 May 2017 14:42:38 GMT /politics/2017-05-19/wuncpolitics-podcast-raise-the-age-bill-opioid-grants-and-cardinal-innovations-audit Jeff Tiberii /law/2017-03-24/second-chance-nc-judges-fight-to-keep-kids-out-of-adult-criminal-system Second of two stories. Click here for the first.North Carolina is one of just two states that automatically charges 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in the… Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:41:26 GMT /law/2017-03-24/second-chance-nc-judges-fight-to-keep-kids-out-of-adult-criminal-system Jess Clark /law/2017-03-23/branded-for-life-nc-one-of-two-states-that-prosecutes-teens-as-adults First of two stories. Click here for the second.When you turn 16 in North Carolina, you still can't vote, or drive on your own at night. You can't buy… Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:07:37 GMT /law/2017-03-23/branded-for-life-nc-one-of-two-states-that-prosecutes-teens-as-adults Jess Clark /politics/2014-05-22/nc-closer-to-raising-age-at-which-teens-can-be-tried-as-adults Yesterday, in the state House, lawmakers passed a bill that would allow 16 and 17-year-olds charged with misdemeanors to be referred to the juvenile… Thu, 22 May 2014 20:58:00 GMT /politics/2014-05-22/nc-closer-to-raising-age-at-which-teens-can-be-tried-as-adults Jessica Jones