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By Liz Schlemmer | WUNC  What José Oliva remembers most about Mo Green, when he was Superintendent of Guilford County Schools a decade ago, is that he was patient. Oliva, then 15, had recently arrived from Guatemala, when he was invited to be on Green's student advisory council. The group of mostly valedictorians and student body presidents would gather in a school library. "Then there was me," Oliva recalled. "Who

By: James L. Perry, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus, Indiana University | The Conversation On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump's second term seeks to reclassify the employment status of as many as 50,000 other federal workers - out of more than 2 million total - to make them easier for the president to fire as well. The order

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] The alcove of a vacant building in downtown Raleigh provides temporary shelter for North Carolina's homeless population. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - An 8% reduction in the number of veterans experiencing homelessness on a given night in January 2024 is the lone bright spot in an otherwise grim U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report documenting homelessness in America. The report found

Action Recommended Make preparations per the instructions Issued By Raleigh/Durham - NC, US, National Weather Service Affected Area Coastal Plain into a portion of the northern Piedmont Description ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation. Additional snow and sleet accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch. WHERE...Coastal Plain into a portion of the northern Piedmont. WHEN...Until

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Black women in the United States continued to face the highest maternal mortality rates, dying at a rate more than three times higher than white women, according to a newly released report from the National Center for Health Statistics. The report, published on February 6, 2025, found that 669 women died from maternal causes in 2023, down from 817 in 2022. The overall maternal mortality

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) - Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of Black residents. Decades later, the retired nurse has returned to Hamtramck, settling into a new two-story home on Gallagher Street and watching TV from a fold-up chair while she figures out how she wants to furnish it. She has no mortgage to pay, just

DURHAM, NC (February 18, 2025) Due to the approaching winter storm, which is forecasted to significantly impact the area, GoTriangle will not operate service on Wednesday, February 19. We expect snow and sleet throughout the Triangle area, leading to treacherous road conditions. Thursday, February 20, GoTriangle plans to begin service at Noon until 6 pm if road conditions allow. Road conditions have the potential to become icy and dangerous, which creates

NCNewsline-In 2010, the year North Carolina Republicans won control of both houses of the state legislature, Site Selection Magazine - the self-described "leading publication in corporate real estate, facility planning, location analysis and foreign direct investment" - ranked North Carolina as the nation's fourth "most competitive state." It was a familiar accolade. Throughout most of the previous decade, things like solid infrastructure, low-to-moderate tax rates, forward-looking state leaders, rapidly improving

By: Jordan Meadows, Staff Writer Chief Estella D. Patterson, the 30th police chief of Raleigh, is retiring on March 1st, marking the end of an impactful three-year tenure at the helm of the Raleigh Police Department (RPD). Patterson has served in law enforcement for nearly 30 years, including 25 years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department before heading Raleigh’s in 2021.  “It’s bittersweet. I love Raleigh. We’ve done a lot here

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Committed to meeting North Carolina's workforce development needs, the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) announced NC Community Colleges Boost, a new program designed to quickly move students into the high-wage, high-demand careers that will drive our state's future prosperity. Arnold Ventures, a philanthropy that supports research into America's most pressing problems-and evidence-based solutions to address them-is funding this launch with a grant of more than $35.6