As the General Assembly prepares to return for a session this spring, North Carolina faith leaders and advocacy groups urged legislators to prioritize public education, affordable health care, and fair voting maps.
Federal authorities arrested an 18-year-old Mint Hill resident on New Year's Eve, alleging he planned a terrorist attack in support of ISIS.
In a dismal new report, a libertarian think tank finds that NC teacher pay and per-student public school funding ranks near the bottom of the nation.
School districts in rural places are increasingly turning to 4-day school weeks, but there's mixed data on how the change impacts students.
An American citizen from North Carolina tells his story of being detained by Border Patrol in Cary.
More than half of the people in the criminal justice system have a mental illness. A state program in NC wants to help them re-enter society.
by Lynn Bonner, NC Newsline September 5, 2025 A top state health administrator gave members of the state’s Child Fatality Task Force an update on some of the expensive challenges facing North Carolina that, left unresolved, could result in increased hunger and...
Why Black barbershops and churches play a pivotal role in meeting the mental health needs of the Black community in North Carolina.
The board overseeing the health insurance plan for North Carolina workers and retirees voted Friday to raise most enrollees’ premiums to help cover a deficit that has grown to $507 million this year.
The General Assembly has still not agreed on a full budget and the "mini-budget" it passed last month fell $319 million short of what is needed to fund Medicaid. The state's health secretary told lawmakers that if they don't fill that gap, some services would have to be reduced.
