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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] The NC Senate chamber (Photo: ncleg.net)[/caption] Republican lawmakers in North Carolina approved wide-ranging legislation Wednesday that was billed as another round of hurricane relief, but instead primarily shifts power within state government away from Democratic officials. Senate Bill 382 is advertised as the third round of relief for western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene caused unprecedented damage in the state's western counties. But it provides just a fraction

The Conversation - In an era where digital devices are everywhere, the term "screen time" has become a buzz phrase in discussions about technology's impact on people's lives. Parents are concerned about their children's screen habits. But what if this entire approach to screen time is fundamentally flawed? While researchers have made advances in measuring screen use, a detailed critique of the research in 2020 revealed major issues in how screen time is

[caption id="attachment_9889" align="alignnone" width="980"] A placard expressing opposition to a Republican-penned measure being debated sits outside the North Carolina Senate gallery at a Legislative Building news conference in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 20. 2024. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)[/caption] RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials in the

The Conversation - Young families with children are a shrinking part of the U.S. population in many areas. The decline is especially pronounced in major urban centers, including Boston, San Francisco, New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Jose and Washington, D.C. During the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, many families with children moved to suburban or rural areas in search of more space. From mid-2020 through mid-2022, populations of young

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats' gut-wrenching defeat at the polls. After warning voters for years that a Donald Trump win would be calamitous for American democracy, Biden has gone largely silent on his concerns about what lays ahead for America and he has yet to substantively reflect on why Democrats were decisively defeated up and down the ballot. His only public discussion of the

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators gave final approval Wednesday to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials in the ninth-largest state. They’re contained in a massive bill sprinkled with a new round of Hurricane Helene relief provisions and rushed through a lame-duck General Assembly session.  The Senate voted along party lines for the 131-page measure, which would

RALEIGH, N.C. - WakeEd Partnership honored Wake County's Stars of Education on last Wednesday, October 30th, at its annual gala event at the Raleigh Convention Center.  WakeEd Partnership is honored Representative Rosa Gill with this year's Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award presented by the YMCA of the Triangle. Gill, who is not seeking reelection this year after 7 terms in the North Carolina House, is being honored for decades

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1400"] FILE - A woman wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store, Nov. 18, 2020, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)[/caption] The Hill - A Walmart executive warned that President-elect Trump's plans to raise tariffs on imports could drive the retail giant to increase the price of store items. "We never want to raise prices," John David Rainey, the company's CFO said in an interview

[caption id="attachment_9885" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP News/Erik Verduzco)[/caption] NEWLAND, N.C. (AP) - The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm's Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter. But then Hurricane Helene struck, unleashing a deadly deluge across western North Carolina, including Avery County, where Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm has stood for decades. Though the farm lost thousands of trees to a mudslide, many more

Ideally, a greenhouse - or the soil in a greenhouse - should be 37°F or warmer to support a garden. While it's more difficult to reach this temperature during the coldest months of the year, it's not impossible. Insulating your greenhouse and installing a heater are not the only heating methods available to you. There are ways to heat a greenhouse for winter gardening so you can have fresh veggies