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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1017"] Katherine Mitchell in wheelchair is joined by her mom, Michelle Mitchell (Left) and BAYADA staffers as they prepare to visit lawmakers to advocate for better pay for caregivers. (photo: Greg Childress)[/caption] NEWSLINE - Melissa Mitchell and her daughter Katherine Mitchell were among dozens of home health care advocates who came to Raleigh on Wednesday to ask lawmakers to invest more in home health aide services. The

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Cornell Watson / for WUNC[/caption] By Brianna Atkinson | WUNC The North Carolina Senate's proposal for the upcoming biennial state budget includes more than $180 million in cuts to the state's public universities. The reductions could impact several higher education initiatives, ranging from tuition and academic centers to scholarship programs. One proposal, a $9.5 million cut to the UNC Campus Scholarship Program, could have an outsized impact

[caption id="attachment_11917" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Black man with physical disability sitting in his bedroom and browsing laptop working remotely[/caption] NEWSLINE - Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers,

May 18 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors, according to the statement. "Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I

Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Southeast Raleigh's Old Towne subdivision is at the center of mounting tensions between residents, city officials, and developers, as frustration over a contentious street construction project continues to grow. What began three years ago with property flagging and dynamite blasts for a new road-Primrose Bank-has evolved into a flashpoint for complaints of property damage, community neglect, and possible civil rights violations. The construction, which aims to

[caption id="attachment_11898" align="alignnone" width="2560"]  [/caption] By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, which had been stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts, won approval from a key congressional committee on Sunday in a rare victory for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. At an unusual Sunday night session, four hardline Republican conservatives on the House Budget Committee, who had blocked the legislation on

By Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer In a powerful display of community collaboration, ten for-profit builders are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work, partnering with subcontractors and industry leaders for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County's annual Home Builders Blitz. The ambitious goal is to construct five affordable homes from the ground up in the Old Poole Place neighborhood in seven days! These are homes not simply houses,

By  Jordan Meadows Staff Writer More than 180 days after North Carolina voters cast their ballots, Democrat Allison Riggs was officially certified as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday morning in a ceremony inside the state House chambers at the Capitol in Raleigh. Riggs, who was originally appointed to the Supreme Court in 2023 by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to replace Justice Mike Morgan, won

[caption id="attachment_11791" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)[/caption] (AP News) Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists. The series of storms unleashed tornadoes, strong winds and extreme rainfall in the central Mississippi Valley region from April 3-6 and caused at least 24 deaths. Homes, roads and

[caption id="attachment_11799" align="alignnone" width="980"] The nation office of the NCAA is shown in Indianapolis on March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)[/caption] (AP NEWS) A court filing in the multibillion-dollar college sports lawsuit argues the proposed remedy for the roster-limit rule holding up the case does not go far enough in protecting walk-on and other athletes who lost their spots when schools started cutting players in anticipation of the settlement being