Politics & Government

The city of Greensboro is expanding its Peace on Purpose program with help from a nearly $2 million federal grant.

The North Carolina Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday a request by the trailing candidate in an extremely close race for a seat on this same court to rule now on whether well over 60,000 ballots should be removed from the tally.

Attorneys general from 22 states, including North Carolina, have sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship. That long-held practice guarantees that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents' status.

Food deserts, or low-income areas where grocery stores are more than a mile away, exist in all but one of Winston-Salem’s wards. The city’s Hispanic community is particularly impacted – Second Harvest Food Bank served more Latinos last year than any other demographic. 

The council's procedural move is the first step as the city looks at ways to revamp its minority and women business enterprise program.

Because of the timing of the rate process, homeowners in western North Carolina won’t feel a big insurance pinch for at least the next two years.

The American Hebrew Academy site was originally to be used as a housing facility for unaccompanied minors.

Forsyth County is seeking organizations to host naloxone wall units as part of an effort to increase public access to the life-saving medication.

The city of Winston-Salem’s investigation into its Dec. 26 cyberattack remains ongoing, according to City Manager Patrick Pate. 

North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Josh Stein unveiled new measures on Thursday that extend state protections for certain health care providers and patients' reproductive health data just a few days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.