Budget disappoints child care advocates
By Lindsey Banks The Charlotte Ledger The North Carolina budget that passed last month brought disappointment for child care providers and advocates who were hoping…
By Lindsey Banks The Charlotte Ledger The North Carolina budget that passed last month brought disappointment for child care providers and advocates who were hoping…
By Will Atwater Valerie Tyson was the first member of Concerned Citizens of West Badin to address the crowd gathered in the park. “We are…
By Taylor Knopf Between federal COVID relief funds and the $1.4 billion sign-on bonus North Carolina received for expanding Medicaid, state lawmakers were able to…
By Jennifer Fernandez The idea formed when Jana Tagel-Din remembered the light in her mother’s eyes after seeing the flowers and cookies. Her mother was…
By Jaymie Baxley North Carolina does not have enough private duty nurses to provide home-based services to Medicaid participants with complex medical needs, creating a…
by Schuyler Mitchell Co-published in partnership with The Assembly, Carolina Public Press and The Intercept. Head south on state Highway 96, past a stretch of soybean crops and tobacco…
By Rachel Crumpler Three sisters feared their 64-year-old father, diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, would die in prison. One called Sandra Hardee, executive director…
By Jennifer Gerson Suicide rates were 3.2 times higher for teenage boys than teen girls between 2018 and 2020 — with guns increasingly playing an…
By Julie Rovner KFF Health News For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to at least temporarily shut down big parts of…
By Anne Blythe As Tropical Storm Ophelia showered the North Carolina Piedmont with a windy drizzle Saturday, dozens of people at High Point University gathered…