Camp Lejeune's drinking water was contaminated with industrial solvents from the early 1950s to 1985, and though the study is not proof that the water caused the cancer clusters, it adds weight to lawsuits brought by those who got sick.
On August 1st, North Carolina homeowners could be hit with steep insurance rate hikes. The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average increase of 42.2%. Some counties on the coast, like Carteret and Onslow counties, could see rates increase as much as...
When GOP lawmakers opened up North Carolina’s wetlands for development, coastal waterkeeper Riley Lewis got busy organizing her neighbors.
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that Texas doctors don't have to provide emergency abortions. Wondering if that can happen in NC? Our correspondent Bonnie Fuller breaks down how reproductive rights could get even more dicey because of the precedent set in...
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.
Republican-backed legislation has caused tens of thousands of kids in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to miss sex-education classes, health screenings, and lessons on consent, data reveals. The new law requires parents to give their OK before these classes can be...
Earls, the only Black woman on the North Carolina Supreme Court, was being investigated by the state judicial watchdog for criticizing the court’s lack of diversity. North Carolina’s judicial ethics commission dismissed its investigation into anonymous complaints...
A federal judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit accusing the state of overstepping its authority by imposing regulations of the drug mifepristone that surpass those set by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Twelve million dollars in federal funds will help put more than extra 330 mental health experts in North Carolina schools, whose limited resources leave current counselors understaffed and overworked.
North Carolina expanded Medicaid last year in part because President Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan offered a financial incentive that will have equally huge effects on rural healthcare services.
