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Child care funding ‘cliff’ is near. Advocates call on NC leaders to take action.
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“Affordable, quality child care supports working parents on the job, allows businesses to recruit...
NC House advances measure that would boost teacher pay, aid to child care providers
WNCN via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoAny final spending measures would go to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who offered his own budget plan...
Monday numbers: NC’s childcare industry awaits a state budget and a lifeline
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAll eyes will be on the North Carolina House this week as leadership prepares to roll out its...
Insufficient childcare is costing NC $5.65 billion, a new report shows
Axios· 6 days agoWhy it matters: Almost 3 in 10 child care centers throughout North Carolina say they'd be forced to...
NC House looks to add engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, as Berger blasts budget bill
WUNC Chapel Hill· 14 hours agoState House leaders want to create a new College of Applied Science and Technology at UNC-Chapel Hill. The engineering program is included in the new budget bill heading to a floor vote Wednesday ...
Swing-state legislatures diverge on election-year gun measures
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoStates continued to diverge on gun policy this year, with especially intense debate in the swing...
NC politicians, industry battle over who should pay for PFAS pollution cleanup
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis story was produced with financial support from the Green South Foundation and the Prentice...
N.C. House budget calls for $135 million in childcare stabilization grants
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThe House’s proposal, however, is $165 million short of the $300 million emergency allocation...
LGBTQ advocates, lawmakers rebuke NC laws targeting trans youth in Pride Month push
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRepublican lawmakers who sponsored the bills argued last year that they were intended to protect...
CMPD chief responds to Gov. Cooper's veto of juvenile justice reform bill
WCNC Charlotte· 7 hours agoThe House voted 71-33 to accept changes made in May by the Republican-controlled Senate — with the ...