<blockquote><br /><strong><em>In an unusual acknowledgment, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.</em>&lt...

Food and Nutrition Services is a federal food assistance program that provides low-income families buy the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet.

Health care costs are about to skyrocket for working North Carolinians, but GOP lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.

Federal employees impacted by the government shutdown can apply for unemployment benefits from the state while they are furloughed. However, if they receive backpay from their employer, the benefits must be paid back to the state.

If Congress doesn't solve the government shutdown soon, the nutrition program for women, infants and children, commonly known as WIC, could run out of money within a week or two. Amarachi Uche talked with a nutrition director and a mother who relies on WIC benefits to learn the impact.

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

Raising the prospect of mass layoffs as direct retaliation if Democrats do not accede to the House Republicans’ short-term funding proposal is simply an Administration threat to hurt the American people if it does not get its way.

Enhanced premium subsidies were first made available under the American Rescue Plan Act and extended until the end of 2025 under the Inflation Reduction Act. This analysis shows the impact that enhanced subsidies have had on enrollment and premium payments, and the potential implications if the enhanced subsidies expire.

A government shutdown does not provide the Administration any additional legal authority to fire federal employees, limit review of its actions by federal courts, or freeze funding once full-year appropriations are provided.

It’s been one year since Hurricane Helene first hit Western North Carolina on Sept. 27, 2024. With so many recovery needs still yet to be addressed and so little help from the federal government, it’s time for the state legislature to pass a budget that prioritizes people and stops cutting taxes.   Helene caused an immense…