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Rep. Allen Chesser (R-Nash) discusses a child welfare bill (Photo: Lynn Bonner)Marcella Middleton was in and out of foster care from ages 2...

The campus of UNC-Chapel Hill (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are looking to define a range of “di...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 14, 2025, imposing dramatic cuts on seven federal agencies, including the Institute o...

North Carolina state auditor Dave Boliek speaks to lawmakers about a bill that would give his office a new team to examine state spending an...

A 7-year-old boy picks up a handgun during the 2022 National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston. The number of firearm deaths am...

The North Carolina Legislative Building (Photo: Clayton Henkel) The North Carolina House Judiciary 1 Committee approved a bill Tuesday after...

Sen. Cory Booker's 25-hour-plus speech broke a record previously held by a South Carolina senator who tried to prevent passage of the Civil...

French wine on display in a District of Columbia shop on March 13, 2025, the day President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European wine...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh...

People demonstrate outside the main campus of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention on April 1, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Health an...

Photo: Getty ImagesLegislators were divided Tuesday over a move intended to smooth the way for North Carolina to require people who gained h...

(Photo by Aristide Economopoulos/NJ Monitor)The North Carolina House Judiciary 2 Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would allow individu...

North Carolinians could soon find themselves paying more for Mexican-made spirits like tequila as the Trump tariffs take effect. (Photo: Cla...

The North Carolina Legislative Building as it appeared on March 14, 2025. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)The North Carolina House Ru...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at DHS headquarters in Washington on Jan. 28, 2025.  (Photo by Manuel...

Democratic members of Congress on Monday gathered on the National Mall in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility. (Stock photo by Vladimir V...

Gov. Josh Stein signs a hurricane recovery package surrounded by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers. The author says Stein would meet fev...

Nicholas Hemachandra listens to his father Ray talk about the needs of people with disabilities at the NC Legislative Building. (Photo: Lynn...

This workforce housing development in Bertie County opened last summer. Dream Point can house as many as 40 people. (Photo: Bertie County Sc...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Mon...

Rep. Lindsey Prather (D-Buncombe Co.)  It was six months ago that Hurricane Helene devastated much of western North Carolina with record-br...

Older adults participate in a falls prevention awareness day of action in Fort Worth, Texas, in September. Around the nation, doctors, lawma...

Journalist Sara Murphy (Courtesy photo)  The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina six months ago was, in many...

Duke University Sanford School Emeritus Professor of Public Policy Phil Cook (Photo: Sanford School of Public Policy) Across the United St...