Rachel Crumpler & Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Patient-doctor dynamics in an exam room could soon change for minors. Republican lawmakers in the state House of Representatives have introduced a bill seeking to limit confidentiality between minors and their health providers — and to grant parents greater access to their children’s...

WRAL News During a Tuesday meeting of the Raleigh City Council, members endorsed a plan to make a portion of US Highway 1 a toll road. Council members voted 7-1 to endorse charging drivers a toll to drive on Capital Boulevard between Interstate 540 in north Raleigh and Purnell Road...

Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday agreed in closed session to head off a potential lawsuit by reaching a six-figure financial settlement with Police Chief Johnny Jennings. Jennings was upset about a series of threatening text messages he received last year from former City Council member Tariq...

The (Whiteville) News Reporter An East Columbus IT instructor is among 17 K–12 teachers from across North Carolina selected to advise Gov. Josh Stein “on issues related to education and serve as education ambassadors throughout the state,” according to a news release Tuesday. Anthony Martin, who teaches at East Columbus...

Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The May employment report released by the federal government last week is relatively promising for the United States’ labor market. But underlying trends and declarations by President Donald Trump’s administration have experts saying there are still reasons to expect an economic slowdown — including economists at the...

Outer Banks Voice The Currituck County Commissioners have formally voiced their opposition to House Bill 765 by passing a resolution at their May 5 meeting. They join the six Dare County mayors, who on April 29, signed and sent a letter to every member of North Carolina’s General Assembly to...

Christopher Long/The Wilson Times Wilson County Emergency Management Director Gordon Deno is concerned about how one section of the 2025-2027 state budget bill could affect how local and statewide disasters are managed. Senate Bill 257, which is part of the state’s $66 billion biennium budget, underwent 51 amendment proposals before...

Evey Weisblat/CityView A provision in the North Carolina Senate-approved budget plan could eliminate millions of dollars Fayetteville receives each year for street maintenance and repairs through the Powell Bill. The Powell Bill provides municipalities with funds to pay for a range of street improvements and repairs, and it has done...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio A community member examines renderings of the I-26 Connector project during an NCDOT open house Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Asheville. The Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Asheville Hotel was full of activity. Dozens of people were milling about, examining maps on posters and TV...

Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice There were some fireworks on the second day of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) on May 1, as Commissioner Jordan Hennessy made a motion to withdraw the lawsuit the CRC has filed against the state’s Rules Review Commission (RRC). In October 2023, the state...

Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger If you’ve ever been hit with a slew of confusing bills after a hospital stay, had a long wait for an insurance approval or struggled to pay an unexpectedly high medical bill, you know how frustrating health care in North Carolina can be....

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A national report called for stronger tenant protection laws after finding states with the largest concentrations of private equity apartment ownership do not sufficiently guard against exorbitant rent increases and poor maintenance practices. This includes North Carolina. Private equity firms use loans and pooled capital from...

Mebane Rash/Education NC Plans to close the U.S. Department of Education have come with repeated assurances from President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon that federal dollars will continue to flow and services to students will not be disrupted. But a first look at what’s called a “skinny budget”...

Jack Brook/The Associated Press The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured electrical wires — funded through a...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Coastal towns and large homeowner associations representing beachfront properties now have the choice to install a controversial alternative to sand fencing on ocean-facing shores. The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission last week amended a rule to allow those entities to apply for a permit to place...