North Carolina is teetering on the edge of losing roughly $5.4 million in federal funds for combating the opioid epidemic and supporting substance use disorder treatment. If the state doesn’t slash youth tobacco access, it could forfeit funding. But North Carolina’s tobacco laws have made that difficult. To receive federal block grant funding for substance […]
A federal judge dismissed without prejudice federal wiretapping and North Carolina privacy law claims against health care provider FastMed Urgent Care PC. Plaintiff Jackelyn Rodiguez in a July 2023 complaint claimed FastMed shared with Meta individually identifiable health information including present and future medical conditions, concerns, symptoms, appointments, providers, treatments, and medication’s via pixel tracking […]
Every year in September, the ski slopes on Beech Mountain transform into a fantasy-land of munchkins and winged monkeys, resurrecting North Carolina’s mythical Land of Oz theme park. Fans of a certain age will recall the 1970s curiosity, with its trail of 40,000 yellow bricks, hot-air balloon rides and a museum holding Dorothy’s original blue […]
Leaders in Chowan County came together with members of Timbermill Wind and Apex Clean Energy, to sign their name on a wind blade Wednesday. Ken Young, CEO of Apex Clean Energy said at Wednesday’s press conference, “there were many challenges, and I personally like Gene doubted we would ever get to this point.” The 11 […]
In a historic move, elected officials, doctors and others have formed a group with the goal of compelling the sale of Mission Health by HCA Healthcare, a for-profit company and the nation’s largest health care entity whose $1.9 billion purchase of the nonprofit Mission led to a serious decline in health care for Western North […]
A failed air conditioning system at UNC Health’s remote data center brought down computer operations at its hospitals and clinics in North Carolina. First reported by The News & Observer, the outage shortly follows the massive IT disruptions that were caused by a CrowdStrike software update, which also impacted UNC Health. According to UNC Health […]
Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign appears to be driving a surge in enthusiasm among North Carolina Democrats. Along with support from the state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention, 47 members of the North Carolina House Democratic Caucus endorsed Harris on Tuesday. She’s also received endorsements from all seven Democrats in the state’s congressional delegation: Reps. […]
Donald Trump has so far watched from the sidelines as Vice President Kamala Harris galvanized and re-energized Democrats by stepping in to replace President Joe Biden as candidate. On Wednesday, Trump gets back in the game. The Republican presidential nominee is due to hold his first campaign rally since Harris emerged as his near-certain Democratic […]
State House members questioned Board of Elections Chairman Alan Hirsch over the Board’s party-line vote rejecting a request for recognition as a political party from a group called Justice for All. Justice for All wants to put Cornel West on the ballot as a presidential candidate. The election board’s 3-2 decision last week not to […]
In June 2023, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services began verifying the eligibility of 2.5 million Medicaid participants for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This marked the start of the so-called unwinding of the continuous coverage requirement, a federal provision that provided states with increased funding for Medicaid […]
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill must pay $25,000 and its trustees must affirm a commitment to follow the state’s open-meeting laws as part of a settlement that dismissed a lawsuit over the board’s handling of athletics discussions. David McKenzie, a lawyer in Wake County, had filed a complaint in May in Orange […]
Democrats running for North Carolina’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals outraised and outspent Republicans by a significant margin in the most recent quarter, reflecting their party’s vow earlier this year to prioritize investment in judicial races. However, Republicans still hold a substantial cash advantage heading into July, with a combined war chest of $1,351,757 […]
UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, staff and alumni will not have the chance to offer input this fall on the ongoing search for the university’s 13th chancellor — marking a clear reversal from a previous promise. Original plans for a second round of public listening sessions were nixed, chancellor search committee chair Cristy Page told reporters […]
The UNC System Board of Governors approved the elimination and curtailment of academic programs at both UNC Asheville and UNC Greensboro on Wednesday. The unanimous vote confirms the end of about two dozen programs at the two universities due to enrollment declines and budget deficits, but students currently enrolled in the affected programs will be […]
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education tasked its district staff with pursuing a “lead option” for its school infrastructure goals based on the bond referendum planned for the fall, suggesting at its latest meeting that further tweaking to the plan may be needed. At its meeting on July 18, the board shared feedback […]
