Sharp increases in medical coverage costs have led to a $507 million deficit in the State Health Plan, which insures roughly ...

For the fifth time in a decade, a court has decided that the legislature cannot remove a governor’s power to appoint election board members. During a hearing last week in Wake County Superior Court, a ...

Juvenile offenders languishing in NC prisons as adults have little hope for parole despite a mandate from the court system to do more. A decade after a federal judge ordered North Carolina to adopt a ...

The 439-page budget proposal is the first major step in a months-long spending negotiation with the NC House, which will ...

As artificial intelligence moves into the private sector, public officials like NC Treasurer Brad Briner are exploring ways ...

Lawmakers and educators hope a $9 million summer program will help students across Western NC better cope with Helene ...

Federally qualified community health centers, including 39 in North Carolina, were designed with low-income, rural residents ...

A GOP attempt to take appointment power over election boards away from the NC governor has been stopped. Again. But an appeal is likely.

While problematic, evictions aren't as high as many feared — one of the few good signs in Western NC, which has yet to ...

Challenged voter analysis shows flipping outcome unlikely under current rules, but Griffin-Riggs battle about more than ...

Washington Regional Medical Center in rural Plymouth is a lifeline in a barren health landscape. But financial problems could threaten that.