Officials in Graham passed a town ordinance discouraging protests over the town’s Confederate statute standing. A federal judge is intervening.
A North Carolina media expert weighs in on how to cover a minority viewpoint that, nonetheless, sure makes for juicy imagery.
Gov. Cooper ordered the state move to Phase 2 of reopening Friday. But questions remain about the virus’ spread.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, some in NC continue to report that they’re struggling to access the state’s unemployment benefits.
If lawmakers expanded Medicaid, 634,000 people—59% of the state’s uninsured population—would gain health care coverage by 2022.
Our winter of solitude began long before anyone had ever heard of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, social distancing, or “flattening the curve.”
Often thought to be just an urban problem, the coronavirus has taken a grim toll in some of North Carolina’s most remote parts.
Frustrated North Carolina business owners say they’re being forced to wait for federal coronavirus aid while the bills pile up.
Lawmakers are expected to vote Saturday on their coronavirus relief package, including funding for schools, small businesses and more.
“The hospitality industry was instantly decimated,” says Margo Metzger of the NC Restaurant and Lodging Association. “There were approximately 18,000 restaurants with 500,000 restaurant workers in the state, 90% of whom have now been laid off.”
