North Carolina’s child care system is shrinking fastest since tracking began, with losses accelerating after stabilization grants ended.

Officials present hospitals, more taxes on health insurers and state savings as options to cover rising administrative costs.

Anna Stein is using her role to spotlight rehabilitation and strengthen support for people leaving incarceration.

How students, scientists and gardeners are working to support pollinators by protecting habitat and food sources.

The program uses a community-based “system of care” approach to meet the needs of families involved in multiple child service ...

Advocates warn that new Medicaid work requirements could disrupt coverage for caregivers unless the state takes steps to help.

Expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies is driving sharp health insurance premium increases for farmers, forcing many to consider going uninsured.

A federal nursing home staffing mandate adopted in 2024 was blocked by lawsuits and later repealed, shifting the fight for minimum care standards back to the states.

Kerwin Pittman is transforming a shuttered prison into a reentry campus offering housing, job training and support to people leaving incarceration.

Forested wetlands like this one in New Bern help absorb floodwaters, filter pollutants and buffer storm surge, but environmentalists warn that changing federal protections, development pressures and ...