It's an expensive and expansive piece of legislation that could "reshape the country’s finances for a generation." ...

Plans to close the U.S. Department of Education have come with repeated assurances from President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon that federal dollars will continue to flow and ...

Legislators have filed several bills this session that would shape children’s early learning experiences, including more than 30 bills aimed at expanding child care and making that care more ...

Under current law, public school districts are not allowed to start the instructional year earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and end any later than the Friday closest to June 11 — with the ...

Editor’s Note: This article will be updated twice per day while inclement weather continues, once around 11 a.m. and again around 5 p.m. School district and community college closures are determined ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Guilford, listed child care as one of the top challenges facing state legislators in this year’s long session during his opening remarks last month. “How we ...

The Hunt Institute does not lobby. They do not have a legislative agenda. Established in 2001, what they do, according to the website and leaders of the organization, is bring together leaders to ...

Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local races, Democrats and Republicans both acknowledged that our early care ...

The North Carolina General Assembly convened Wednesday for the first time in 2025, marking the beginning of the long legislative session, which takes place during the first year of the biennium.

Understanding Craven County Some of the sickest populations in the country tend to be those living in rural areas. The NC Rural Center considers 78 of North Carolina’s 100 counties rural. These ...

The General Assembly unanimously passed a $273 million Hurricane Helene relief bill with bipartisan support on Wednesday afternoon — the first step of what lawmakers said will be a multiple-year ...