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Nationwide - Choates Family of Companies, a Black-owned international, multi-generational US-based construction firm that spans more than five decades, has opened its first international office in Nairobi, Kenya. The opening of this new office has cemented its position as a global leader in infrastructure, real estate, investments, digital currency and blockchain, energy, commodity trading, and advisory services. Under the dynamic leadership of its founder and CEO Darrell Choates Sr. and

By Molly Grace | Business Insider Last year, mortgage rates were supposed to go down a lot. But in spite of some big drops in the fall of 2024, rates ended the year close to where they started. What will happen in 2025? Most forecasts expect mortgage rates to go down slightly this year. But there's a lot of uncertainty in the economic outlook right now, especially regarding tariffs, which

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] "Your average person is really taking on a lot of the cost of litter," said Nancy Lauer, a staff scientist at Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. "Nonprofits, who could be focusing on other things, are instead spending time on litter cleanups." Durham's Third Fork Creek, pictured here, is a site of ongoing volunteer efforts. Credit: Will Atwater/NC Health News[/caption] NC Health News - On Saturday,

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced students across North Carolina will soon have access to high-quality, virtual mental health care through Hazel Health. This initiative, supported through an investment by UnitedHealthcare, is part of a broader effort announced last year to provide virtual school-centered mental health care for up to one million students across select states nationwide. Through this initiative, nearly 400,000 students -

By Nikole Hannah-Jones | ProPublica The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation's housing, President Nixon's housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign. The plan, George Romney wrote in a

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1052"] New teachers in North Carolina kindergarten classrooms like this one could get more support under bill proposed by Democratic state lawmakers. (Photo: Greg Childress/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline -Christina Butler, a first grade teacher in Wilkes County, nearly quit her job just weeks into her first year. But thanks to the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program, Butler is still a teacher today. "If you go into teaching,

[caption id="attachment_11420" align="alignnone" width="1200"] During a news conference at the legislature, Lindsi Franklin spoke about how her family struggled to get insurance to cover the medications her son needed. Credit: Grace Vitaglione / NC Health News[/caption] By Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health News Lindsi Franklin's son, Isaac, was 9 years old in June 2024 when doctors found an abscess in his stomach and a section of diseased bowel. He

NC Newsline - Two committees in the North Carolina General Assembly voted Tuesday morning to approve legislation banning certain foreign entities from acquiring farmland in the state. The House Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs Committee took up House Bill 133, "NC Farmland and Military Protection Act." About an hour later, the Senate Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee approved the upper chamber's counterpart, Senate Bill 394, "Prohibit Foreign Ownership

[caption id="attachment_11322" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Photo by Cottonbro Studio/Pexels[/caption] NC Newsline - Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don't realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink. One reason is that state programs aren't always called "Medicaid." Many states have rebranded their programs with consumer-friendly names such as SoonerCare in Oklahoma, Apple Health in Washington, Medi-Cal in California or TennCare in Tennessee. And nearly all

Nationwide - Taylor Sanders, an African American woman from Weddington, North Carolina, lost her home after failing to pay a $400 fee to her neighborhood homeowner's association (HOA). Her 3,300-square-foot home was later flipped for nearly $900,000, leaving her with nothing. The issue began five years ago when the HOA claimed Sanders owed $400 in unpaid dues. She said she never received the notices but acknowledged the debt. In February