Top 10 8. More than $6.5B in medical debt relieved through NC program. Stein calls it ‘life changing news’ Will Doran/WRAL News More than $6.5 billion in medical debt has been relieved for more than 2.5 million North Carolinians...
Top 10 9. NC House lawmakers resurrect debate over privatizing North Carolina’s state-run liquor Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline The debate over whether North Carolina should continue running its own liquor system came up again this...
Top 10 10. Students for Justice in Palestine calls out UNC’s Israel-adjacent investments at demonstration Kayla Bradshaw & Jackson Auchincloss/The Daily Tar Heel At a UNC Students for Justice in Palestine tribunal demonstration on Thursday,...
Top 10 1. Brockman met teen through phone app, DA says Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford, met the 15-year-old he’s accused of having sex with through...
Top 10 2. Rural health transformation program won’t make up for federal budget cuts, experts agree Liz Carey/NC Health News A new program touted to give $50 billion in federal funding to rural hospitals won’t necessarily...
Top 10 3. NC isn’t meeting federal special education requirements. State officials point to the teacher shortage Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News North Carolina public schools aren’t evaluating students for special education in a timely manner, they’re not resolving...
Top 10 4. Whooping cough surges in North Carolina; fading vaccine immunity likely plays a role Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Most people likely know pertussis by its more common name — whooping cough, which comes from...
Top 10 5. Gov. Stein’s task force hears why child care is an ‘essential service’ for families, economy, and military readiness Katie Dukes/Education NC At the Oct. 6 meeting of the North Carolina Task Force on Child Care and Early Education,...
Top 10 6. Lawmakers consider ‘Work and Save’ plan to close NC’s retirement gap Ashley Fredde/NC Health News For some North Carolinians, the road to retirement is anything but even. While some workers can...
Top 10 7. Southport alleyway debacle: Alderman, former mayor allege political motives, misuse of funds Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily More details have emerged on a Southport alleyway dispute since Monday, when the Southport Board of...
Top 10 8. Amazon to close Franklin warehouse, open new site in Hayesville Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News When Amazon drivers in Franklin showed up for work Oct. 8, they were met not with...
Top 10 9. Union Grove Farm shares why it pulled out of appeal for music stage Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Ever since this summer’s decision by Orange County to reject parts of Union Grove Farm’s agritourism expansion...
Top 10 10. Global Nuclear Fuel to fabricate new nuclear fuel product in Wilmington Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi Ltd., plans to fabricate a new nuclear fuel product...
Top 10 1. Patients fear fallout from NC Medicaid rate cuts Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Before he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Job Gilliam paved roads in the winding...
Top 10 2. NC Gov. Stein says expanded mental health treatment is important to community safety Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Gov. Josh Stein said he will soon have a “comprehensive mental health plan” to send to the...