After the expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits and growing uncertainty surrounding Medicaid, more North Carolinians are finding themselves without coverage. For those who’ve lost health insurance, free clinics...
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North Carolina is a prime feeding ground. More than half the counties in NC have measles vaccination rates below what medical experts say is needed to ensure optimal community wide protection. On Wednesday, NC health officials announced a new text messaging system to alert the public to any potential exposures.

Advocates say The Cost We Carry Storybook is meant to force lawmakers to confront the human cost of their inaction. As Johnson put it, “This report is about making sure our state lawmakers hear directly from hard-working North Carolinians — and start serving people, not greedy corporations.”

With utilities giant Duke Energy demanding yet another rate hike despite making billions in profits, it’s worth noting that there are other electricity providers in North Carolina. In fact, there are 26 not-for-profit electric cooperatives providing electricity to 2.8 million North Carolinians across 93 counties in the state.

After the expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits and growing uncertainty surrounding Medicaid, more North Carolinians are finding themselves without coverage. For those who’ve lost health insurance, free clinics and providers offer help in uncertain times.

La Cámara de Representantes aprobó la Ley SAVE America, un proyecto de reforma electoral que impondría nuevos requisitos para registrarse y votar. La medida exigiría prueba de ciudadanía al momento del registro, identificación con fotografía para votar y una copia de identificación para las boletas enviadas por correo.

“When people in crisis do not get help in time, the consequences can be tragic,” Gov. Stein stated during the order’s announcement. The order points to a number of high-profile cases where lives were lost at the hands of individuals with complicated mental health histories.

When I was teaching from 2011 to 2017, social studies was my favorite subject—not just for the maps and timelines, but for what they revealed about how power moves. The classes explained who makes decisions, who carries their cost, and how geography and governance collide.

Enlace Latino N.C., una organización estatal de noticias en español, publicó por primera vez una guía electoral que ofrece información específica sobre los candidatos por condado en Carolina del Norte. Aunque el grupo ha difundido guías básicas para votantes desde 2018, la versión de 2026 incluye los nombres de quienes compiten por posiciones federales, legislativos, judiciales y locales, además de fechas clave del proceso electoral.

Over a year after Helene, many communities are still waiting for meaningful relief. At the center of that failure is Michael Whatley, a man who claimed influence, access, and authority but has delivered little and shown up even less.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has scheduled daily charter flights between Charlotte (CLT) and Jacksonville (JAX), in addition to deploying at least fifty agents to the Raleigh area starting December 1, as part of an operation that will last for a month.

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has approved an average rate increase of nearly 30% for ACA plans sold through Healthcare.gov. Causey said the increases reflect rising health care costs as well as provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in July.

“North Carolina’s failing grades reflect years of deliberate neglect. Lawmakers have refused to fully fund our public schools, denied educators meaningful raises, and the Supreme Court has allowed Leandro to languish. Our children cannot afford this continued failure of leadership,” said Tamika Walker Kelly, President of the NC Association of Educators.

Voters rejected Morrow’s extreme views that fueled her 2024 campaign, and now she’s showing that nothing has changed for her Senate campaign. This type of extremism does not belong in North Carolina, and certainly not in a campaign for a position that is meant to represent the diverse people of this state.

Dos hermanos ciudadanos estadounidenses denunciaron que agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) los perfilaron racialmente y los agredieron en Salisbury, Carolina del Norte, en medio de un aumento de arrestos migratorios en todo el país.