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Members of the state's Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services during a presentation about North Carolina's plans for Rural Health Transformation Program funding on Jan. 13, 2026.

North Carolina begins planning for $1B rural health initiative

by Jaymie Baxley January 20, 2026

shows the front of the NC General Assembly building with the great seal of the state on the pavement in front of the legislature.

State Health Policy

NC lawmakers weigh how to deal with unfunded mandates, cuts as feds overhaul SNAP

by Ashley Fredde January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Six people stand with shovels in their hands digging up dirt to mark the groundbreaking of tiny homes on a farm to house formerly incarcerated women reentering the community

NC reentry program turns to tiny homes to help women leaving prison

by Rachel Crumpler December 16, 2025

NC pitches $1 billion plan to overhaul rural health system

by Jaymie Baxley December 1, 2025

A police chief and police social worker sit at a table inside police headquarters

Police embrace social workers to help field rising calls tied to homelessness, mental illness

by Rachel Crumpler November 19, 2025

Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton, who is challenging the NC certificate of need, or CON, law, dressed in navy blue scrubs, sits in from of equipment

State Health Policy

New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of NC law could upend how health care facilities are regulated

by Anne Blythe November 17, 2025