N.C. Department of Health and Human Services officials reiterated their request for $319 million in state funds for Medicaid during a legislative oversight committee meeting on Tuesday.

Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families.

State lawmakers are considering expanding access to birth doulas for Medicaid patients. A legislative committee reviewed the topic on Tuesday, part of a healthcare oversight hearing that also included ...

Governor Josh Stein, Senate Leader Phil Berger and Speaker of the House Destin Hall announced the plan in a joint press release. The North Carolina Association of Educators is not convinced that a new ...

Congressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran.

District officials are considering closing Uwharrie Ridge Six-Twelve at the end of the year due to declining enrollment and reductions in state funding.

Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever.

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

N.C. State closed Poe Hall in 2023, after building inspectors found high levels of chemicals known as PCBs. These substances were used in building construction until they were banned in the United ...

Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

The case of Khalil, who was detained last March, sits at the vanguard of a battle of immigrants' due process and civil rights, and the Trump administration's mass detention and deportation policies.

The official state small mammal of Texas is rapidly spreading across North Carolina. Scientists say armadillos likely will be in all 100 counties within the next 10 to 15 years.