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UNC Chapel Hill social work student Pat Hecker chats with a homeless man on Chapel Hill's Franklin St. during the 2016 Point In Time survey of homeless North Carolinians.

NC Senate passes bill to restrict homeless encampments, expand drug penalties

by Ashley Fredde June 26, 2026June 29, 2026

A Black woman stands behind a podium that reads "North Carolina General Assembly" smiling at the room. She has a crowd of people standing close behind her.

Lawmakers agree North Carolina has a maternal health crisis. So why are reforms stalling?

by Skye Crawford and Ashley Fredde June 18, 2026June 21, 2026

State Health Policy

Could technology stop repeat speeders? Some NC lawmakers think so.

by Jaymie Baxley June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

Photo shows two huskies, Melo and Pneuma, one mostly white and one brown with white markings sitting in front of a flowering bush. They were healthy before their deaths in April, 2026 at a boarding kennel in Swannanoa, NC called Inner Knowing Canine Connections.

State Health Policy

Dog deaths at Swannanoa boarding facility point to holes in NC animal welfare protections

by Skye Crawford June 10, 2026June 15, 2026

A group photo of dozens of people working with the Specialty Mental Health Supervision program to support people with serious mental illness. They are posing by the water.

NC expands specialized mental health supervision to all 100 counties

by Rachel Crumpler June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

People seated facing a dais in a room with the North Carolina seal on the wall. They are listening to a child welfare case being heard by lawmakers from the N.C. General Assembly House Oversight Committee.

Children's Health

NC lawmakers eye more child welfare changes after Charlotte girl’s death exposes chronic gaps in the system

by Jennifer Fernandez and Ashley Fredde June 8, 2026June 9, 2026