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Republican Support for Medicaid Expansion Comes With Strings Attached

March 24, 2023

GOP leaders in the General Assembly finally budged on expanding healthcare options for 600,000 North Carolinians, but the bill is not without partisan games.

Republican Support for Medicaid Expansion Comes With Strings Attached

NC attorney general’s race: Where Jeff Jackson and Dan Bishop stand on the key issues

July 3, 2024

Jackson says that if elected as attorney general, Bishop could work with the Republican-dominated legislature and state Supreme Court to further erode reproductive rights in the state.

NC attorney general’s race: Where Jeff Jackson and Dan Bishop stand on the key issues

North Carolina’s history of abortion restrictions—and what comes next

January 22, 2024

On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here’s a look at all the times North Carolina’s lawmakers tried to disrupt abortion care.

North Carolina’s history of abortion restrictions—and what comes next

NC Republicans Pass a 12-Week Abortion Ban, Impose Other Restrictions on Reproductive Freedom

May 4, 2023

The bill also makes it more difficult to access care, and implements hugely restrictive regulations on abortion clinics, which could force many of them to close their doors.

NC Republicans Pass a 12-Week Abortion Ban, Impose Other Restrictions on Reproductive Freedom

‘It started as a lie’: Locals push back against Moms for Liberty in NC

December 7, 2023

Moms for Liberty—an organization labeled “extremists” by the Southern Poverty Law Center—had a dismal 2023 election, including in NC. Will 2024 be even worse for them?

‘It started as a lie’: Locals push back against Moms for Liberty in NC

Where the Abortion Ban and 5 Other Key Bills Stand in the North Carolina Legislature

May 9, 2023

Here’s a look at some of the measures that did or did not pass during the frenzy of last week’s legislative deadline.

Where the Abortion Ban and 5 Other Key Bills Stand in the North Carolina Legislature

Gunfire Damages North Carolina Substation, No Outage Caused

January 17, 2023

EnergyUnited said that an alarm early Tuesday alerted it to an equipment problem at the substation in Randolph County, north of Charlotte.

Gunfire Damages North Carolina Substation, No Outage Caused

‘I know where I came from’: NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall says she’s focused on stopping the state’s rural ‘brain drain’

June 25, 2024

Nearly 30 years since Elaine Marshall became the first woman elected to a statewide executive office in NC, she’s running for reelection on a promise to boost rural economic growth and help small businesses get off the ground. NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall grew up on a farm, so she lights up when she…

‘I know where I came from’: NC Secretary of State Elaine Marshall says she’s focused on stopping the state’s rural ‘brain drain’

NC Lawmakers Reach Deal to Expand Medicaid Health Insurance to Cover 600,000 More Residents

March 2, 2023

Medicaid expansion has been shown to save lives, improve postpartum maternal health outcomes, expand access to mental healthcare and substance use, and prevent rural hospitals from closing.

NC Lawmakers Reach Deal to Expand Medicaid Health Insurance to Cover 600,000 More Residents

Leo Williams: How a ‘country boy’ from eastern NC came to lead one of NC’s fastest-growing cities

December 22, 2023

Leo Williams is an up-and-coming political leader with a deep background in education. We talked to him about being the mayor of his adopted city, and the pressures of leading in tumultuous times.

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