An NC Senate bill with hospital healthcare staff whistleblower protections advanced Thursday, but a provision requiring state oversight of hospital mergers was removed.
Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper is now considered the favorite by top election forecasters to win North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that administration officials were close to brokering an end to the hostilities with Iran and predicted there could be a signing ceremony in Europe as soon as this weekend.
North Carolina Senate Democratic leaders gathered Thursday to address how the legislature’s failure to pass a budget has affected state employees.
The head of the Social Security Administration testified before Congress on Wednesday that customer service has drastically improved during the last year, though he declined to offer ways to address the program’s dire financial situation.
A child’s zip code shouldn’t determine whether they escape poverty, but it often does, according to experts who study the issue. And data shows economic mobility is trending worse, not better.
President Donald Trump has spent more than a week baselessly alleging malfeasance in California’s June 2 primary election, in which votes were still being counted as of June 11, offering a window into how he may approach the November midterm elections.
Speaking to members of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee during an oversight hearing, Rollins said it was the previous administration as well as Mexican cartels’ “refusal to crack down” that allowed the New World screwworm fly to migrate north. The pests can be transported via infested livestock or pets.
Healthcare providers, advocates and politicians gathered in Raleigh Wednesday to push for state laws and grant programs they say would reduce pregnancy-related deaths among Black women.
The North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday barring children who are 13 and under from “addictive” social media apps.