House Bill 499 and companion Senate Bill 480, filed March 24 and 25, would create a program for paid family and medical leave ...

Creek and environmental cleanups reveal a growing plastic problem that advocates say lawmakers can no longer ignore.

People with disabilities have come from across the state to press the legislature for funds for services, increased pay for ...

An organ procurement organization filed a lawsuit to stop Atrium Health from taking over organ donation services at Atrium ...

Reversing trend of NC rural women’s health care services drying up will require tracking, enforcement and incentives in ...

Legislation would require retirement communities to increase their financial reporting and transparency — new rules experts ...

EPA studies have confirmed that clean air regulations improve air quality over time. Other studies have shown that the health ...

Lawmakers approved millions for computer software to track child welfare cases in 2015, but there’s still little to show for it.

He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...

The bipartisan task force will release an interim report in June, Stein said, along with a more robust report by the end of the year.

Inconsistent enforcement and penalty appeals mean some assisted living facilities get away with light punishments, advocates say.

When Gov. Josh Stein rolled out his first budget proposal this week, he presented a $33.65 billion spending plan for lawmakers to consider that he said was “delivering on the promise of North Carolina ...