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North Carolina lawmakers this week approved a plan to provide teachers with a one-time bonus. Meanwhile temperature checks at the General Assembly…

State Sen. Erica Smith says she's the progressive, credentialed, electable choice, even if the Democratic Party establishment isn't backing her campaign…

Rufus Edmisten knows something about impeachment hearings.In the summer of 1973, while working as a staffer to U.S. Senator Sam Ervin, it was Edmisten who…

The North Carolina General Assembly concluded this week with a decresendo. Legislators adjourned for a two-week recess without overriding a budget veto or…

Elected officials from both parties and at all levels of government are working on curbing the opioid crisis.In 2017, President Donald Trump seated a…

Nonprofit hospitals pay no federal, state, or local taxes. In return, they are expected to offer a community benefit, including free and discounted care for low-income patients. But a study by the Congressional Budget Office found that, on average, not-for-profits are providing only slightly more uncompensated care than for-profit hospitals.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and two voters on their most pressing questions on Yang's platform.

Like thousands of service-sector workers across the state, Joe Smith said he's scared.Smith has lived in Durham for seven years. He worked in front of…

Many Durham Public School students didn't make it to school today, due to an absence of transportation workers. Transportation staff are among a group of workers at the district who received emails over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend announcing that their recent raises would be taken away.

NPR's Noel King talks to Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on airline workers.