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North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. Increased punishments for rioting in North Carolina will become law later this year as Cooper announced Friday, March 17, 2023, he would not use his veto stamp on legislation that is similar to a bill he successfully blocked in 2021. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Civil disobedience and anti-rioting bill raises concerns for North Carolina activist groups

A new law will soon go into effect that penalizes rioting and civil disorder. The bipartisan bill was passed after Governor Roy Cooper allowed it to…

A one-bedroom home in east Greensboro. DAVID FORD/WFDD

Community land trusts conversation continues in Greensboro

City of Greensboro officials hope that community land trusts can help alleviate the ongoing affordable housing shortage.

City officials opened the Kimberley Park Hydroponic Farm on October 15, 2022, more than six years after the project first began. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

Winston-Salem's costly hydroponic greenhouse is under new management

A long-delayed city-run hydroponic greenhouse has new management. Nonprofit organization H.O.P.E. will receive nearly $538,000 over a two-year contract to run the facility.

This shows the breakdown of rural, urban, and regional city and suburban counties in North Carolina. Image courtesy of NC Rural Center.

Grants awarded to rural county development organizations

The NC Rural Center is awarding over $3 million to organizations that provide loans to small businesses. The Raleigh-based organization is granting the…

Dance teacher leads class at Peck Elementary School

Guilford County elementary school students learn dance from professional artists

Dance Project, a Greensboro-based nonprofit, took up residency at Peck Elementary School in January.

Rosa Murphy, the director and leader of the Spanish-speaking cohort of women who are now going to start the Flourish Program. EILEEN RODRIGUEZ/WFDD

Local financial-literacy program is extending its services to Spanish-speakers

A local Winston-Salem program called Flourish that works with women to help them reach financial independence and transition out of poverty is launching a…

Guilford Rep. Amos Quick speaks against H.B. 187 during a House session on Wednesday. "History is difficult. History is often not pretty," Quick said. "And history needs to be respected enough to not be scrubbed, sanitized, manipulated or erased." (Screenshot courtesy of the North Carolina General Assembly)

NC House passes education bill that would limit classroom discussions of racism

A North Carolina bill that would limit classroom discussions on racism and sexism passed third reading in the House on Wednesday, and is now in the Senate for consideration.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a primary election night event hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party in Raleigh, N.C., May 17, 2022. A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval Thursday, March 23, 2023, likely ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government's coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults. Cooper, a longtime expansion advocate, is expected to sign the bill, which would leave 10 states in the U.S. that have not adopted expansion. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, File)

NC approves Medicaid expansion, reversing long opposition

A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval on Thursday, ending a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government's coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults.

This map shows student loan debt rankings across the United States. Image courtesy of Scholaroo.

North Carolina ranks 8th in student loan debt

A student scholarship research group recently released a new study looking at how much student loan debt people carry. According to the research from…

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education Vice Chair Alexandre Bohannon speaks during a town hall hosted by the Forsyth County Association of Educators on Wednesday. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

WS/FCS school board members speak out against pending education bills

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board members spoke about the potential impact of pending education legislation during a town hall Wednesday night.

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