Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press North Carolina’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Friday that they have agreed with each other on a supplemental spending proposal that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate the state’s waitlist for private school vouchers. The new proposal includes funding for Medicaid, broadband access...

Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press A question over whether presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will appear on North Carolina ballots has reached the state Supreme Court. Friday evening, the North Carolina Board of Elections appealed the Court of Appeals’ order issued Friday morning to reprint all ballots without Kennedy’s...

Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC North Carolina public schools showed progress on school accountability measures during the 2023-24 school year, according to new data released by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on Wednesday. In North Carolina, school grades are based on each school’s achievement score, weighted 80%, and on students’...

Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Just over a year ago, the city of Wilmington completed its purchase of a downtown campus that once belonged to a pharmaceutical firm. Since then, more than 300 city employees have moved into the former PPD-headquarters-turned-Thermo-Fisher-building even as officials work to upfit the new space and sell and...

Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News People in rural communities depend on local pharmacies for more than just prescription medicines. Many rural pharmacies offer immunizations, blood pressure testing and other services that can be difficult to get in remote places where traditional health care providers are few and far between. In some...

Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Black and Hispanic students make up a smaller proportion of the University of North Carolina’s newest class of students compared to previous years, according to data released by the university Thursday. Why it matters: The data on admitted students is the first to be released since the...

Peter Castagno/Port City Daily   A North Carolina couple is requesting the Department of Environmental Quality set interim rules for eight PFAS compounds to aid groundwater remediation after finding high concentrations of the contaminants in nearby wells. Some New Hanover County residents supported the action due to similar findings. The...

Brionna Dallara/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Maggie Valley has taken the first step toward enacting a steep slope ordinance to safeguard the stability of mountainside development. Haywood County has had steep slope rules since 2007, but Maggie Valley never adopted their own rules governing construction and excavation methods on the steepest slopes....

Eliot Duke/State Port Pilot Oak Island Planning Board recently voted down a pair of town council proposals intended to limit the size of new house construction. Town council sent the planning board a directive in July to discuss two possible options related to maximum house sizes and come back with...

Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Dr. Bryan Hodge remembers his struggles to find lodging when he was a medical student doing rotations in rural areas in the early 2000’s. Sometimes, he would have to live in someone’s basement. Other times, he would live with a roommate or in an apartment...

Paul Garber/WFDD Radio Former President Donald Trump said if elected in November he’ll expand the tariffs that he imposed during his presidency. North Carolina has a booming economy that’s deeply entwined with global trade. Now many are calling for a careful approach to the international economy. When he talks about...

Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Faced with an increasingly volatile environment along the N.C. coast that’s placing a rising number of oceanfront properties in harms way, public and private officials have teamed up to roll out a new report that looks at potential solutions. The idea of the collaboration between the...

The North Carolina State Health Plan may be unable to stay afloat by fall 2026, according to State Treasurer Dale Folwell. Why the state legislature is withholding the funds needed to keep the plan solvent remains a mystery. COVID-related expenses and skyrocketing prescription drug and health care costs are wreaking...

There are more than 4,600 hospitals in the U.S., and 49% of them are nonprofit and therefore tax-exempt. The CEOs of these nonprofit health systems now earn, on average, $1.3 million a year. Nearly half of hospitals in the U.S. are nonprofits, which means they don’t pay local, state or...

Most North Carolina public schools say they don’t have the money to replace laptops issued to students in recent years — a scenario that could leave hundreds of thousands students without computers if they break down, an analysis of state data obtained by WRAL News shows. Many of the machines...