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By Jaymie Baxley The clock is ticking for lawmakers in North Carolina — the only state in the nation without an approved budget — to settle on a plan to cover rising administrative costs for Medicaid....

By Rachel Crumpler More than 600 people gathered in Raleigh last April at the North Carolina Rehabilitation and Reentry Conference. One perhaps unexpected attendee sat front and center: first lady Ann...

By Will Atwater As a child, Christian Dale used to run from bees. “I remember playing on a soccer field and taking off as soon as a bumblebee came near,” he said. “I was terrified.” Now, the UNC Chape...

By Jennifer Fernandez In Alamance County, Ivey Broadnax works with young people who may be struggling with mental health issues. Instead of focusing on mental health symptoms or deficits, Broadnax and...

By Ashley Fredde The number of family caregivers is rising across North Carolina, and so are the financial and health costs borne by the people providing that care, according to the National Alliance ...

By Sarah Boden and Drew Hawkins Gulf States Newsroom Last year was a tough one for farmers. Amid falling prices for commodity crops such as corn and soybeans, rising input costs for supplies like fert...

By Paula Span KFF Health News Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for ...

By Rachel Crumpler In January 2018, Kerwin Pittman was nearing his release after more than 11 years incarcerated, unsure how he would rebuild his life. Where would he work? How would he navigate a soc...