Two NC mothers drove with their children to Washington to tell Republicans that their daughters, who rely on Medicaid, are “not waste, fraud, or abuse. They are kids to be protected.”
First Lady Anna Stein announced a partnership this week called Unshame NC, aimed at reducing stigma around substance use disorder and promoting treatment.
Cardinal & Pine’s “3 things” is a weekly look at the news, events, and stories that are driving conversation around North Carolina. This week, a big ruling on hemp and police searches, a comic-con fantasyland in Raleigh, and the "Superman" effect on dog adoptions.
Cardinal & Pine’s Good News Friday round up of good news in NC checks out a big blood drive, a hands-on camping experience for kids, and an unusual book club experience.
NC State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes is setting off on a mission to correct 103,000 North Carolinians’ voting records from which some information is missing.
The Trump administration canceled a FEMA program in April that would have funded upgrades to protect Hillsborough, NC, from flooding. Then the Eno River rose more than 20 feet.
The US Senate voted Thursday to approve a Trump-backed plan to cut off funding for the nation’s PBS and NPR stations, a key source of news and updates in NC's rural communities, where reliable internet access is scarce. The US Senate voted Thursday to approve a...
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.
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.
North Carolina researchers say they've unraveled a long-running mystery into a mysterious tyrannosaur skeleton that they say is a new kind of dinosaur.