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The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is beginning work on the district’s budget for next year.

There’s been a surge in attempts to censor books in libraries across the country this year. Now the High Point Public Library is responding with a new club.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education unanimously approved policy changes to give supplements to certain employees based on years of experience. 

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has released a dashboard to monitor the performance of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. The goal of the dashboard is to determine how this state-federal partnership is being used, as well as its overall effectiveness.

North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry, who presided temporarily over the U.S. House for three intense weeks while Republicans struggled to elect a permanent speaker after Kevin McCarthy's ouster, announced Tuesday that he won't seek reelection to his seat next year.

North Carolina state Sen. Joyce Krawiec, who has successfully pushed to overhaul Medicaid, streamline health care access and further restrict abortion while in the General Assembly, announced on Monday that she won't seek reelection next year.

North Carolina Black and Latino voters sued in federal court on Monday seeking to strike down congressional districts drawn this fall by Republican state legislators that they argue weaken minority voting power in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

There could be some relief coming to rural areas in North Carolina that continue to deal with the opioid crisis.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is hosting a college information night this week that will be entirely in Spanish.

Last week, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand access to Medicaid. Given that the expansion option has been available to state governments for nearly a decade, why has this taken so long?