Uncategorized

Seven rural North Carolina co-ops and utilities are receiving $235 million in loans to expand and modernize the electric grid, improve grid security, make electricity transmission more reliable and efficient, and reduce costs for consumers. 

Republicans have introduced a bill that would create a federal anti-abortion website that provides misleading information about abortion, directs women to health “centers” that pressure them not to have abortions, and could even collect their personal information to share with anti-abortion groups.

Republican lawmakers introduced more than 200 anti-LGBTQ bills nationwide in January. Seventy-one percent of LGBTQ youth—and 86% of trans and nonbinary youth—said state laws restricting the rights of LGBTQ young people have negatively impacted their mental health, according to a recent poll.

Unsurprisingly, BBQ comes up a lot on this list.

In an effort to capture a snapshot of the U.S. job market’s history, Stacker compiled a list of the most common jobs in North Carolina from 150 years ago using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Experts across the state — from parents and educators to business leaders and policymakers — agree that nothing less than North Carolina’s economic future is at stake without investment in early care and education.

From dark and magical places to premonitions to rebuilding Puerto Rico, this list of non-fiction books will give you six reasons to stay home until the snow melts.

Family legend has it that before I could even sit up on my own, I was demanding books. If that makes you think, “well, duh,” then please enjoy this list of books to read while you’re staying warm this winter.

Democrat Maria Cervania was elected to the North Carolina state House in November and is one of the first two Asian-American women ever elected to the state legislature.

New federal protections help create family-friendly workplaces, but more benefits are needed.