Author: The Carolinian

NEW YORK (AP) - Cost pressures continue to hurt small businesses. In particular, rent inflation is a pressure point for small businesses, according to new data from the Bank of America Institute. The average monthly share of rent in total payments through May is 9.1%, up significantly from the 2019 average of 5.9%. Some parts of the country have higher rents. In Las Vegas, for example, the average share of

By Cash Michaels Contributing writer Shaw University in Raleigh has an emergency on its hands, but this time it's trying to prevent a tragedy, not recover from one. As of July 1st, 45 of the small, private,  Baptist-affiliated historically Black university's students were in danger of not being allowed to register to return for classes next academic school year because their university accounts were not cleared, meaning they could not

By: Dr. Joseph Askew On the east side of Kinston, North Carolina, historic buildings still bear the original architecture. Whether it's on Queen Street, where formerly enslaved people became entrepreneurs, or Gordon Street, the neighborhood's significance is clear. The town, which is the county seat of Lenoir County, is grappling with decades-long change: a loss of industry, population decline, and high poverty rates. East Kinston, mere miles from downtown, is one

NC Health News A policy paper examining cybersecurity and threats found that cyberattacks at health care facilities have increased more than 125 percent since last year, with rural hospitals being especially vulnerable. Jenny Niblock, chief clinical officer at Citizens Health in Colby, Kansas, is co-author of "Cybersecurity: A path to increase rural health care preparedness," a policy brief from the National Rural Health Association. The policy paper estimates that a patient's medical

NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86. Buxtun died May 18 of Alzheimer's disease in Rocklin, California, according to his attorney, Minna Fernan. Buxtun is revered as a hero to public health scholars and ethicists for his

NORTH CAROLINA - Rep. Ashton Wheeler Clemmons announced Tuesday that she will be resigning from the North Carolina House of Representatives in August to start a new position within the University of North Carolina System. Clemmons, a Democrat, has represented Guilford County for three terms, serving most recently as the House Deputy Democratic Leader. Having worked as an elementary school teacher, a principal, and central office administrator, Clemmons founded the

BY  DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) - The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, and receive a free Trump 2024 flag and a commemorative coin. All in exchange for taking a quick survey and providing a credit card number for the $5 shipping and handling. "You'll get two free gifts just by taking this quick poll in support of Trump," says the ad's narrator. The ad

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announced Kayla Lassiter, a Bertie High School senior, won first place in the North Carolina First Congressional District Artistic Discovery Contest. Lassiter won first place with her piece "Rainbow-Hued."  "Kayla is a shining example of the remarkable artistic talent in eastern North Carolina. I commend all of our participants and was pleased to host this year's congressional art competition," said Congressman Don

NC Health News Madhu Vulimiri, deputy director of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Child and Family Well-Being, says summer is often the "hungriest time of year" for food-insecure households. It can be an especially harsh season, she said, for low-income families that rely on the National School Lunch Program, which provides free or reduced-cost meals to more than 900,000 students in North Carolina. The meals

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than 500,000 North Carolina residents have enrolled in the state's Medicaid expansion program since it went live about seven months ago, officials announced Friday. Gov. Roy Cooper, joined by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley and two health care professionals held a news conference to tout the enrollment number as a significant milestone for the program. The original goal was