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…
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GLOW Academy to start electrifying school buses.
By Will Atwater The Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. In 2023, with support from Cape Fear Solar Systems,…
Local councils help people coming home from jail, prison make the transition
By Rachel Crumpler Danny Hampton started working as a prison chaplain at Marion Correctional Institution in McDowell County in 2010. In the role, he helped…
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…
State leaders mobilize to strengthen reentry support for people leaving prison
By Rachel Crumpler Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina prisons will one day return home — roughly 18,000 people this year alone. But…
Cooper’s health care budget helps NC’s most vulnerable
By Rose Hoban Now that Gov. Roy Cooper has checked expanding Medicaid off his gubernatorial to-do list, he has shifted his health care focus to…
Charting a map for NC’s growing 65+ population
By Anne Blythe There’s an old saying that age is just a number. But when you look at the state demographer’s projected growth of the…
Biden administration’s action on PFAS: A shift in quality of life?
By Will Atwater One thing that stood out during Monday’s solar eclipse was the shift in light quality as the moon crept across in front…
Transgender youth in NC face medical “whiplash” from gender-affirming care ban
By Rachel Crumpler Atlas, a 15-year-old transgender boy living in Moore County, wants to have his body align with who he feels he truly is…
What will new elections laws mean for disabled, older voters?
By Anne Blythe Many people across North Carolina are heading to the polls to vote early for municipal elections. Others are deciding to wait until…