When people lose insurance, they often rely on emergency rooms. But ERs were never intended to replace primary care, doctors warn. North Carolina emergency rooms are not built for what’s...
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When people lose insurance, they often rely on emergency rooms. But ERs were never intended to replace primary care, doctors warn. North Carolina emergency rooms are not built for what’s...
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Whatley’s lobbyist background is drawing increased scrutiny as energy costs rise across the state. Advocates argue that decisions made in Washington and in the state legislature have consistently favored corporate utilities over consumers, leaving North Carolinians to shoulder the burden.
Ultimately, Newton’s inaction puts tens of thousands of his constituents at risk of losing their insurance. In addition, rural healthcare systems from Goldsboro to Mount Olive, bastions of medical education, major employers, and providers of critical care to eastern North Carolina, will face cuts to their already decimated systems.
Las facturas de electricidad en Carolina del Norte siguen aumentando, lo que está obligando a cada vez más familias a hacer sacrificios o enfrentarse a avisos de corte de servicio. Sin embargo, estos costos altos no son inevitables. Están aumentando en gran parte porque nuestro proveedor principal, Duke Energy, sigue generando ganancias millonarias.
When people lose insurance, they often rely on emergency rooms. But ERs were never intended to replace primary care, doctors warn. North Carolina emergency rooms are not built for what’s coming.
Ante la falta de personal, el gobierno federal decidió enviar agentes de ICE a al menos 14 aeropuertos del país para apoyar las operaciones de seguridad en los aeropuertos. Se ha visto a estos agentes en terminales y puntos de control, ayudando con tareas como monitorear salidas o coordinar el flujo de pasajeros.
Despite her knowledge of finances and ability to help pass budgets, Barnes and her Republican colleagues have chosen to leave her constituents and the state in financial limbo.
Stevens has practiced law for over 30 years and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2009– she’s currently serving on the House Election Law Committee. Her political and legal experience makes it all the more troubling that she could make such a mistake as she pursues a seat on the state’s highest court.
In the 2023-2024 school year, there was a whopping difference of $3,360 per child in spending when looking at the 10 highest-spending counties compared to the 10 lowest-spending counties, according to The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s 2026 Local School Finance Study.
The top-tier ranking comes on the heels of a record-breaking year for the state’s economy. In 2025, North Carolina saw more than $24 billion in new capital investments and the announcement of over 35,000 new jobs—the strongest year for job growth in state history.
The Western Carolina University students braved a 35-minute, 1.5-mile walk along a busy four-lane rural highway with no sidewalks to bring attention to the distance between students and the polls created by the Republican-controlled state board of elections.
Auditor Boliek, who oversees the NC Board of Elections, recently raised concerns by campaigning for Phil Berger in a tight primary. Berger helped put Boliek in charge of election oversight with a controversial 2024 law many at the time called a partisan power grab.
For this year’s primary, UNITE HERE Local 23 has focused on door-knocking in the Charlotte and Roanoke Rapids areas in an effort to highlight what’s at stake in this election – workers’ rights, fair wages, affordable healthcare, and education. With over 43,500 doors knocked statewide ahead of election day, the state’s largest union for hospitality workers has been organizing to empower voters with vital information.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced his opposition to the rate hikes, saying, “Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike is simply too high and comes as the company is also retreating on more affordable clean energy. At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet, we should be doing everything we can to make life more affordable, not less.”
Un contrato de arrendamiento federal para oficinas en 11000 Regency Parkway, en Cary, Carolina del Norte, ha generado preguntas entre residentes después de que un reportaje de WIRED sugiriera que el espacio podría convertirse en una nueva oficina del U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).