According to state statistics, the average salary for an early childhood teacher is around $14/hour. Even with those low wages, providers often can’t afford to hire more staff, meaning the demand ...

Thirty-five years later, there's still no sidewalk in the mostly Black neighborhood where 6-year-old John Parker was struck ...

Infections, illnesses, stress-related maladies expected to impact local health systems after Helene; “We’re ready,” HCA official says.

The only abortion clinic in the region is temporarily closed due to Helene, requiring abortion seekers to travel farther and incur more costs.

What would be your plan for ensuring the future security and strength of Medicare? The greatest threat to Medicare is its escalating cost. As it becomes too expensive to maintain, it will not be ...

What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? Bring everyone under one single payer healthcare plan. We do it with Medicare, the military and VA, we can do it for ...

Note: The candidate answered these questions over email to NC Health News. What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? I am committed to protecting and ...

What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? Note: this question was asked during an impromptu press conference on the state House floor. We have got to really study ...

Note: The candidate answered these questions in an in-person interview with NC Health News. What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? We want to make sure we keep ...

NC Health News reached out to Virginia Foxx multiple times without receiving a response. For candidates who did not respond, we researched each candidate by searching their Congressional voting ...

The following responses were provided by Eric Blankenburg. What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare? We cannot ensure Medicare or any other government program ...

Pridgen’s responses to the following questions, which he provided during a video interview with NC Health News, have been edited for length and clarity. What would be your plan for ensuring the future ...