When the closest hospital is an hour away: rural healthcare at a crossroads
In rural communities like mine, the local hospital is often the only place to turn in a medical emergency. But across the country, that lifeline is under growing strain.
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Durham, NC mother sues property owner over son’s death in laundry room
The mother of a Durham man who died of heart failure after he became trapped in the laundry room of her downtown apartment building has filed a lawsuit.
NC members of Congress call on Google, OpenAI to address chatbot involvement in mass shootings
Democratic lawmakers called on top AI companies to address interactions with chatbots which they said encouraged harmful actions.
DoD tweaks organized religion list after complaints of Latter-day Saints snub
The Pentagon changed course Monday after its removal of dozens of religious denominations from a list of recognized faiths drew intense criticism over the weekend from Utah Republicans incensed by the failur...
Amy Beros discusses the persistent hunger crisis that plagues central and eastern North Carolina
Summer brings new challenges to families facing food insecurity. Newsline spoke to the President and CEO of the Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina about the economic hardships these families are...
High-potency cannabis fuels state debates over psychosis and addiction risks
States have spent the past several decades debating whether to legalize cannabis. Now, they are debating how intoxicating legal products should be. A growing body of research suggests that frequent use of hi...
Trump administration grants Duke Energy $28.4M for NC coal plant
Person County’s Roxboro plant is one of 13 projects across the country selected to receive grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Amid solid job numbers, a North Carolina economist sees troubling headwinds
Kenan Institute Research Economist Sarah Dickerson characterizes the latest national jobs report as “solid and steady.” But if you are looking for a job this summer, Dickerson says the job market does no...
North Carolina set to nearly double remote charter academies next year
North Carolina is expected to nearly double its remote charter academies next school year, according to state education officials.
NC House advances bill to regulate data centers, require more nuclear power
Republicans pushed a modified version of Senate Bill 730, now titled the “Ratepayer Protection Act,” through the NC House this week, quickly sending it to their colleagues in the upper chamber.
Top NC Democrats want more information about GOP threats over a campus voting site
North Carolina Democratic leaders say the public needs to know who pressured Republicans on the Jackson County Board of Elections to oppose a campus early voting site at WCU.
New medical guidance affirms Tylenol’s safety during pregnancy months after Trump sows doubt
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine published new clinical guidance this week affirming that acetaminophen, better known by its brand Tylenol, should be the “first-line” defense against pain and feve...
US House approves measure to restrain Trump action in Iran
Four Republicans voted with all Democrats to adopt the strongest rebuke to date of Trump's handling of the months-long war that has left more than a dozen military troops dead, killed thousands of Iranian ci...
Trump picks acting AG Blanche to stay on full time
Blanche represented Trump in 2023 and 2024 during a New York state hush money case. A jury convicted Trump two years ago on 34 first-degree felony counts of falsifying business records. The close tie between...
North Carolina Senate overrides ninth Stein veto to enact scholarship tax credit bill
North Carolina will participate in a federal tax-credit scholarship program after the state Senate voted to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto.
North Carolina youth social media ban clears additional hurdle as it heads toward Senate vote
Senators advanced a bill to ban users 13 and under from “addictive” social media apps, despite concerns over government overreach.
Judicial independence and the rule of law
COMMENTARY: Judges are not this or any president's employees. They are not servants of any political party. They are a separate and co-equal branch of government, established by our Constitution precisely to...
Navigating North Carolina’s home insurance affordability crisis
North Carolina has some of the country's weakest building codes, making homes more vulnerable to damages from disasters, and costlier to insure.
The great GOP tax scam continues apace in NC
If there is a single, defining, and arguably most destructive priority that has dominated GOP policymaking these past 15 years in North Carolina, it is the ongoing effort to remake the system for funding gov...
RFK Jr. seeks to peek at Americans’ medical records for clues on autism and vaccines
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical...
Trump to pump $700M into coal power in the states, as he again blasts renewable energy
Coal-fired plants in North Carolina would receive millions of dollars in the plan, which President Donald Trump said will save 14,000 coal jobs and lower energy costs. The spending will not lower the price o...
NC House Democrats call for changes to protect judicial independence, balance of powers
Amid a political tug-of-war over North Carolina’s judiciary, state Democratic lawmakers put forth a series of proposals they say are needed to protect the branch’s independence.
NC lawmakers hammer state, county officials following ‘horrific’ abuse death of six-year-old
When six-year-old Dominique Moody died in December 2025, she weighed 27 pounds. Members of the N.C. House Oversight Committee say Mecklenburg County social service workers overlooked years of abuse.
Republicans push $70B for immigration enforcement through US Senate, with no limits on ICE
The 52-47 mostly party-line vote sends the measure to the House, where GOP lawmakers in that chamber could send it to President Donald Trump for his signature as soon as next week.