Greensboro Department of Transportation releases annual report
The Greensboro Department of Transportation has released its annual report for 2022-23, touting
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North Carolina splits insurance commissioner's job from state fire marshal's responsibilities
North Carolina’s elected insurance commissioner will no longer hold a second role as state fire marshal due to a new provision in the state budget that will take effect in January.
WS/FCS to work with U.S. Department of Education to eliminate racial disparities in discipline
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools superintendent convened with Black-led educational advocacy group Action4Equity, and other local organizations on Monday to discuss racial disparities in school discipline. The press conference was sparked by a report published last week from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
$5 million gift will support environment and sustainability efforts at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University has received a $5 million dollar gift to strengthen its work on environmental and sustainability issues.
North Carolina to launch Medicaid expansion on Dec. 1
Medicaid expansion will launch Dec. 1 in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Monday after achieving what might be his biggest policy win after nearly seven years in office.
Greensboro to expand violence prevention and intervention efforts
The City of Greensboro is aiming to expand its violence prevention efforts.
North Carolina receives over $4 million to strengthen maternal health care
North Carolina will receive over $4 million in federal funding to help strengthen access to maternal health care.
The funding initiative is aimed at addressing high infant and maternal mortality rates, as well as ongoing inequity in those rates.
Southern East Coast hit by flooding as Ophelia weakens to tropical depression and moves north
Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges.
Rockingham County officials paved the way for casino development before public was aware
North Carolina Republican lawmakers gave up on their efforts to legalize more casinos in the state this week. Sen. Phil Berger was one of the leading advocates for this, which would have brought a casino to his home county of Rockingham. But months before this plan was public knowledge, county officials began quietly setting the stage for casino development.
Uptick in COVID cases slows in Guilford County
The upward trend of COVID-19 cases in Guilford County is slowly decreasing just as the updated vaccines are becoming available.