North Carolina’s favorite hockey team is looking to bring home their second championship, which is looking like a real possibility given the Canes’ recent hot streak. The Canes have been...
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Stacy Staggs’ twin daughters, Emma and Sara, were born 12 years ago at just 27 weeks and 4 days. Since that day, Emma has required virtually around-the-clock care to survive, and without a Medicaid waiver program, there’s no way the family could pay for her care.

La resolución impulsada por el concejal Eduardo Herrera-Picasso fue aprobada con una votación de 4-2 y reafirma el compromiso de proteger a todos los residentes contra registros y detenciones irrazonables, además de oponerse a acciones ilegales por parte de ICE.

More than 200,000 North Carolinians have lost Affordable Care Act coverage this year, the largest enrollment decline in the country. Rising premiums and the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies have made health insurance unaffordable for many families who previously relied on marketplace plans.

North Carolina’s favorite hockey team is looking to bring home their second championship, which is looking like a real possibility given the Canes’ recent hot streak. The Canes have been so dominant that they became the first team in NHL history to reach the Stanley Cup Final with only one loss (12-1) in the first three rounds of the playoffs.

SB 1084 would cut the early voting period by an entire week, limiting North Carolinians to seven fewer days to express their constitutional right to vote. Under current law, early voting runs from the third Thursday before election day. The bill, if passed, would move the start of early voting to the second Thursday for all elections.

“People want to live and work here, but we simply do not have enough homes to meet that growing demand,” Stein said. “Housing is the single biggest expense that most families face, so if somebody’s rent or mortgage takes up too much of their monthly paycheck, that means that they have that much less to spend on other essentials.”

“Our kids deserve better. A surprise cut of nearly $50 million from rural schools, with virtually no notice and no allegation of misuse, is unlawful and harmful, the Department of Education approved these programs, allowed schools to build them, and now it’s trying to pull the rug out from under dozens of rural communities,” said AG Jeff Jackson.

There is an affordability crisis in North Carolina, and Duke Energy is making it worse. North Carolinians should not have to choose between putting food on the table and paying their high utility bill due to rate hikes.

“North Carolinians have already paid billions in unlawful tariffs – our farmers, our manufacturers, and our communities can’t bear more,” Jackson said in a press release. “I’m taking the federal government to court because they broke the law again, they harmed North Carolinians, and I can prove it.”

Looking at a Duke Energy power bill, you wouldn’t see any mention of fuel prices. The extra charges get lumped in with a nonspecific line item. This vague language has caused a lot of confusion among customers who want to know why their electric bill can increase even when their usage goes down.

A Black mayor in Western North Carolina reflects on a conversation with his grandmother, who fought for civil rights and the Voting Rights Act 50 years ago. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision last week, that fight continues.

Republicans often equate the raw cost of Medicaid with waste and abuse, a dangerous oversimplification for families whose healthcare needs are both genuine and extremely expensive.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley has spent much of the past year supporting policies that benefited major pharmaceutical and oil companies. At the same time, North Carolina families faced rising costs for prescriptions, gas, and everyday essentials.

Dominion Energy, the electric service provider for nearly 130,000 customers in northeastern North Carolina, has filed a proposal with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) that could raise monthly bills for residential customers by an average of $17.