The governor cited court rulings that blocked some of the cuts, but said the state’s Medicaid fund would still run out of money in the spring if Republicans failed to resolve their 6-month dispute over funding it.
Republicans control both chambers of the NC legislature, but have failed to pass a budget 6 months after it was due. Even conservatives are losing their patience. As a winter storm shut down schools across the Triangle this week, Republican leaders in the General...
NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat, spoke with Cardinal & Pine last month as lawmakers had a chance to return to session and do something about Medicaid funding.
The arrests have included several people who were in the final stages of the process to gain legal status, the immigrant rights group says.
A federal court recently approved a new 2026 election map intended to make it impossible for Davis, the incumbent Democrat, to win. But that Republican calculus may not be as certain as it once seemed.
Cardinal & Pine's Michael McElroy says when people voted for Trump in 2024, they probably weren't envisioning the NC immigration raids we're seeing today.
Siembra NC says it expects ICE to increase its presence in the city even if they may not engage in the “racial profiling” seen during last month’s Border Patrol raids.
Yes, you can film Border Patrol raids. No you can’t disrupt them. NC Rep. Phil Rubin, a Wake County Democrat and former federal prosecutor, told Cardinal & Pine what people need to know about legally filming an encounter with federal agents.
For the third year in a row, the March of Dimes gave the state a D+ for its record of ensuring healthy pregnancies and providing adequate access to prenatal care.
The News and Observer reported on Tuesday that one of the young women arrested had no criminal record and fled violence in Honduras when she was a kid.
