Health insurance costs are set to rise in 2026 for many North Carolinians, after Congress decided not to vote on extending Affordable Care Act insurance tax credits, which were cut in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and expire at the end of the year.
Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.
Cardinal & Pine talks with Hannah Preston of Influence NC about Gen Z and politics.
With federal immigration operations increasing in North Carolina this year, limited information has been shared about Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees who are pregnant and a nonprofit group helping women in crisis is working to change it.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.
North Carolinians are speaking up as state Republicans rush to change the congressional voting map and improve their chances in the midterms next year.
This year, the organization gave Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress an "F," scoring 12% on their metrics for transitioning away from climate-harming energy sources, coal and natural gas.
During National Farm Safety and Health Week, a massively reduced fine for poor conditions that led to a farmworker's death is leading to questions about worker protections in North Carolina.
This year has been a banner year for red wolf recovery in North Carolina, despite shifts at the federal level.
North Carolina lawmakers want to follow the federal government's lead on exempting taxes on tips in most cases but critics of the policy said the minor benefits would only help a small number of workers.
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