NC advocate for seniors helping shape Medicare policy
By Grace Vitaglione As a child, Gina Upchurch would sit in her grandfather’s lap and count pills at his pharmacy in Smithfield, North Carolina. He…
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Child care advocates protest funding shortfall
By Jennifer Fernandez and Grace Vitaglione RALEIGH — Emma Biggs walked into the legislative building on June 26 knowing she likely would be arrested for…
N.C. Senate budget temporarily funds child care
By Grace Vitaglione The North Carolina Senate released a budget proposal June 19 for the coming fiscal year that would put funding toward child care…