Amid a series of lawsuits, President Donald Trump’s administration is now moving to carry out a March 31 executive order restricting voting by mail ahead of the November midterm elections.
Private equity’s foray into healthcare over the past several years, particularly into hospital ownership, has drawn public outrage and legislative scrutiny. It’s all happening as states are staring down steep federal cuts to Medicaid.
North Carolina is expected to nearly double its remote charter academies next school year, according to state education officials.
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 not appear to be strengthening, either.
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.
With fall elections looming larger and larger on the horizon, President Trump and his allies are pursuing ever more brazen efforts to cling to power and we’ll discuss some of them and the pushback they’re attracting in an extended conversation with States Newsroom national democracy reporter, Jonathan Shorman
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 facing.
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 high-THC cannabis increases the risk of cannabis use disorder, psychosis and other mental health problems for users, particularly adolescents and young adults.
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 failure to classify the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Christian denomination.
Democratic lawmakers called on top AI companies to address interactions with chatbots which they said encouraged harmful actions.