Author: The Carolinian

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1152"] (Photo: Courtesy of the Dream Center Academy)[/caption] NC Newsline - After weeks of delay by the Trump administration, afterschool programs in North Carolina and across the nation received federal funding Monday for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year, though advocates remain concern about long-term support for the program. The release follows weeks of uncertainty and pressure from educators, lawmakers and families, who warned that the delays could

[caption id="attachment_12847" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Screenshot[/caption] RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Josh Stein decided Wednesday against appealing a trial court ruling that did not go in his favor last month, securing a small victory for Republican lawmakers whom the governor was challenging. The case focused on whether Stein has the authority to choose his own State Highway Patrol commander. The GOP-dominated legislature passed a law in December 2024

[caption id="attachment_12740" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Image by Leopictures from Pixabay[/caption] Newsline - Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program. But Medicaid cuts in the massive tax and spending bill signed into law earlier this month will worsen mental health disparities in those communities, experts say, as patients lose coverage and rural health centers

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said. Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department said Monday that Warner drowned Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. He was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him deeper

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 15, 2025. (Screenshot from committee webcast)[/caption] BY: JENNIFER SHUTT | NC Newsline WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to once again publish details about the pace at which it plans to spend money approved by Congress. U.S. District Court for the District

WASHINGTON - Republicans' "big, beautiful" law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The updated assessment of the sweeping tax and spending cuts law came weeks after nearly every GOP lawmaker voted to approve the legislation ahead of a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. The

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday released more than 240,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including records from the FBI, which had surveilled the civil rights leader as part of an effort to discredit the Nobel Peace Prize winner and his civil rights movement. Files were posted, opens new tab on the website of the National Archives, which

By Karl Cameron Contributing Writer Driving in the 200 block of South Pettigrew St. gives you the impression that this is a typically quiet residential neighborhood. However, that has not been the case for Vietnam Veteran Leroy Mitchiner in the many years he has lived in the neighborhood. Drug activity, threats on his life, assaults on he and his son, are all a part of a kind of neighborhood terrorism

NC Newsline - The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it would release some frozen federal grant funds for after-school programs, following lawsuits from 24 states and pressure from 10 Republican senators. The freeze, announced by the Trump administration earlier this month, affects programs like 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a federal program that supports afterschool programs for low-income students in North Carolina. State education advocates had warned that about

NNPA-A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows that Black Americans continue to face serious challenges in saving for retirement, even as their incomes grow. The 2025 Retirement Confidence Survey, which included a special oversample of Black workers and retirees, found that the wealth gap remains wide at every income level. Among households earning $75,000 or more, only 33% of Black Americans reported having $250,000 or more in savings