Author: The Carolinian

[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

NEW YORK (AP) - If you know or suspect you can't pay the taxes you owe this tax season, you should still file a return with that information or file for an extension. That's the top piece of advice that tax professionals want you to know. "The IRS wants to work with you," said Tom O'Saben, director of tax content and government relations at the National Association of Tax Professionals.

  The Conversation - What is the story of the princes? Prince James and Prince John came from Mpfumo, one kingdom among many that dotted the shores of modern day Maputo Bay, where the capital of Mozambique now stands. Here, in the 1700s, no Europeans held sway. African kingdoms did, and those kingdoms fought constantly. Mpfumo had once been a power player, but it had lost one war too many

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline - A North Carolina House panel advanced a bill expanding the investigative powers of the state auditor's office Tuesday, though some raised concerns over the scope of agencies and individuals who could be subject to inquiries. [caption id="attachment_182048" align="alignleft" width="150"]  Rep. Brenden Jones (Photo: ncleg.gov)[/caption]   The Judiciary 1 Committee voted in favor

By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com  As the April 15 tax filing deadline approaches, Color of Change Executive Director Portia Allen-Kyle is urging Black taxpayers to be on high alert for deceptive practices and structural pitfalls in the tax system. "The biggest thing we are letting folks know is that there is a free option 70 percent of taxpayers qualify for," Allen-Kyle said, referring to the IRS's Direct File program during

NC Newsline - North Carolina state senators approved a bill Tuesday that would spin up a new team in the Republican state auditor's office to scrutinize state spending and job openings. Drawing inspiration from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the bill would instruct Auditor Dave Boliek's office to use A.I. to examine government and recommend any offices or jobs to be cut. Boliek's new team (with an acronym of "DAVE") would

BY  ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES AND JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) - Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff's vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn't a social visit. "I'm like, 'Well, I doubt he's just being a friendly neighbor, giving a guy a beer at eight o'clock at night,'" said Bossly,