House Bill 569, also known as the “Working Families Act,” would address topics such as paid family and medical leave, affordable housing, affordable child care, child tax credits and the minimum wage.
The bill is titled Remove Barriers to Gain Access (RGB) Act and it would legalize abortion until viability, as outlined by Roe v. Wade. HB 439 would also abolish the 72-hour waiting period.
School systems, such as Wake County, are using their local education funds, to restore benefits cut by state Republicans, re-implementing a pay boost to teachers and other staff with advanced degrees.
Edward, a 7-year-old member of the Lumbee Tribe, and Logan, a 6-year-old member of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe of North Carolina, are being told to cut their hair by their school.
According to a new UN-backed report catastrophic global warming is quickly approaching unless immediate and radical action is taken.
Gov. Roy Cooper signed the long-awaited Medicaid expansion bill into law, expanding much-needed health care coverage to more than 600,000 North Carolinians.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is likely to announce soon that he will run for governor in 2024 and due to the importance of the race, the national media is finding out what we here have known for years now – Robinson is a far-right Christian nationalist bigot.
The overall goal of the HEART program is to limit potentially dangerous interactions with police, as well as connect Durham residents to mental health resources and follow-up care.
With state Republicans pushing forth abortion bans, medical professionals across the board have sounded the alarm surrounding the impact of erasing reproductive health care access.
At 2.5%, North Carolina already has the lowest corporate income tax rate of the 44 states that have such a tax, according to the Tax Foundation.