Families and advocates across North Carolina, particularly in Eastern Carolina, are sounding the alarm as looming federal budget decisions threaten to slash critical Medicaid funding — a move they say would devastate individuals with autism and their families, according to WITN.
Several hundred people attended a town hall in Charlotte directed at a cardboard cutout of Senator Thom Tillis, who was invited but was not in attendance. A coalition of local groups, including Indivisible Charlotte, Common Cause NC, Red Wine & Blue NC, Democracy North Carolina, and New Rural Project, hosted the “Empty Chair Town Hall.”
In North Carolina, communities from the western to eastern parts of the state participated in the national movement, condemning Trump’s harmful policies and billionaire Elon Musk’s federal purging.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson recently joined advocates and law enforcement officers at the SAFEChild Advocacy Center to raise awareness of the ongoing tragedy of child abuse and neglect.
Una jueza federal nombrada por Donald Trump ha ordenado a la administración Trump facilitar el regreso de un joven Venezolano deportado a El Salvador el mes pasado, al considerar que su expulsión violó un acuerdo judicial previo.
A North Carolina Democrat is trying, for the fourth time, to improve maternal health care in the state. Filed by Chatham County Senator Natalie Murdock, Senate Bill 571, entitled Momnibus 3.0, would create two grant programs.
Hour by hour, here’s how a typical family’s day in North Carolina involves imported goods:
Senator Thom Tillis was among 20 Senate Republicans who voted against bipartisan legislation to expand Social Security benefits for over 2 million Americans, including teachers, firefighters, and law enforcement officers. The bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, passed the Senate in December 2024 in a 76-20 vote and was signed into law by President Biden on January 5, 2025.
North Carolinians and medical professionals from Asheville to Fayetteville and Raleigh have expressed grave concerns over the impending cuts as Republicans are looking to roll back the government’s share of Medicaid expansion in their latest budget.
Chants echoed throughout communities in North Carolina and across the United States as thousands of Americans spoke out against federal cuts, Constitutional concerns, and human rights violations.