North Carolina
Mecklenburg County's point-in-time count found 2,018 experiencing homelessness
North Carolina
The 28-mile conduit is part of a huge natural gas infrastructure buildout in the state that Duke Energy says is necessary to keep up with demand, especially from a coming wave of data centers.
justice
Northampton Co., NC residents win 32‑month pause on data centers; xAI now has 46 gas turbines without air permits in Mississippi; Rent Freeze No Sure Thing in First Vote By Mamdani-Majority Board
Food security
By Jacob Fischler (DC Bureau (States Newsroom)) Published: April 8, 2026 At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal
Food security
By Taylor Sisk Published: April 23, 2026 DELBARTON, W.Va. — A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when the
Virginia
California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally, NC county creates safety net for uninsured
healthcare
by Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health News May 1, 2026 By Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban Atrium Health, the state’s largest hospital system, is seeking to combine with Raleigh-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals, an independent nonprofit with five hospitals and roughly 350 physicians, according to a
Education
By Kristina Peck (North Carolina Newsline) Published: April 16, 2026 There is a version of N.C. Pre-K enrollment that takes twenty minutes. You fill out a form, submit a birth certificate, and your child starts school in the fall. That version does not exist for families like mine. My
Health
The medical school would offer a traditional four-year medical degree and a three-year accelerated track. It wouldn’t be a teaching hospital structure, a deviation from other medical schools in the state, but it would build upon the university’s existing portfolio of health care education.
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Bill that would eliminate Calvin Duncan's court clerk position in New Orleans heads to Louisiana governor
NC DEQ to hold public hearing on proposed Craven County permit modification
By Robbie Sequeira (Stateline) Published: April 27, 2026 A New York City mom and domestic violence survivor felt a flashback of fear when she received a notice in March that the emergency housing voucher she and her son have relied on since 2023 will run out soon. “It felt like
The company received a federal permit to install a natural gas pipeline using an “open-cut” method that can harm rivers and streams in Virginia and North Carolina. Environmental groups want the permit overturned.
NC lawmakers give initial OK to Medicaid bailout bill; VA voters back redistricting; 298 days: Iranian asylum seeker released after judge rules ICE violated his rights; Georgia’s ACA enrollment plunges, raising concerns for rural hospitals
According to the study's findings, North and South Carolina are two of the states that failed to report data center incentives.
by Will Atwater, North Carolina Health News April 8, 2026 By Will Atwater Within months of becoming chief of Double Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue in November 2025, Jimmy Brown received sobering news: His station’s well water was contaminated with PFAS at levels that exceeded federal limits. The station
Under bill passed by state Senate, New Orleans’ elected court clerk might not be able to take office
The N.C. Forest Service’s ban on all open burning remains in effect until further notice.
By Natalie Dempsey (Queens University News Service) Publication Date: March 19, 2026 On game nights at Queens University of Charlotte, Curry Arena is alive. Students jump to their feet, music pumps through the gym and every made 3-pointer is met with a cheer. That energy was even higher earlier this
At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.
By Shannon Heckt (Virginia Mercury) Published: April 10, 2026 After months of fierce debate and community rallies, the State Corporation Commission on Thursday approved the above-ground construction of the Golden-Mars high-voltage transmission line in Loudoun County. There are two options for the final route of the line, and it will
