No state budget this year means Medicaid could run low
By Grace Vitaglione NC Medicaid costs fluctuate each year. The state Department of Health and Human Services forecasts how costs might change and asks the…
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Sowing a community for people with disabilities
By Vibhav Nandagiri Set against the gently rolling Piedmont hills between Greensboro and Burlington, Peacehaven Community Farm is an active experiment in supporting the choices…
Swim program aims to prevent child drowning deaths
By Jennifer Fernandez Growing up in land-locked Oklahoma, learning to swim wasn’t a high priority in Rebecca Pearson-Yates’ household. Nonetheless, the Greensboro mother of five…
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…
Funding for crime victims has dwindled
By Jennifer Fernandez Deana Joy is in Washington, D.C., this week with other North Carolina colleagues who work with families affected by sexual assault, child…
Child care advocates rally for funding, support
By Jennifer Fernandez RALEIGH — Dozens of child care facilities across North Carolina closed Thursday. Not because they didn’t have enough teachers — which many…
Net loss of N.C. child care sites increasing
By Katie Dukes EducationNC More licensed child care programs in North Carolina are closing their doors as the state approaches the expiration of pandemic-era stabilization…
Parents push to expand Good Samaritan law
By Jennifer Fernandez GREENSBORO — Randy Abbott lost his daughter to a drug overdose in 2015. No one called for help in time. Diannee Carden’s…
Legislators get competing gun regulation messages
By Jennifer Fernandez Gun rights supporters want North Carolina to continue relaxing restrictions, asking legislators last week to get rid of the state permit required…
Firearm safety kicks off protecting NC children series
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