After prolonged threats to withhold November SNAP payments during the government shutdown, the Trump administration told NC officials that it would follow court orders to release partial funds.
This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
With Republicans in D.C. blocking renewed Affordable Care Act subsidies, North Carolina is passing along steep rate hikes for health care coverage.
“My biggest worry is keeping food on the table for my children,” said one North Carolina parent of the SNAP freeze. “Parents like me are doing everything we can to survive, and sometimes it becomes a daily struggle.”
In a new "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at PFAS—aka "forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.
The government shutdown has left military families in North Carolina and across the country wondering when the paychecks will stop.
Kids, seniors, and veterans are among those who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to eat. The Trump administration has warned it will discontinue the program’s payments in November.
Millions of Americans turn out to vote in presidential elections, but most of us don’t engage in the local elections that have an outsized impact on our everyday lives. Here's why we need a change in North Carolina.
North Carolinians are spreading kindness and care this week: from NC food banks stepping up to Asheville being named the “Nicest Place in America.”
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