North Carolina leaders today released a new report on the state’s caregiving workforce, announcing the next steps in strengthening this critical group of workers.
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 2:39 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter, died “peacefully” on Sunday afternoon at their home in Plains, Georgia, accompanied by family, according to the Carter Center.
Published: Monday, December 4th, 2023 @ 2:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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Order directs the state to develop a comprehensive plan for aging, strengthen the caregiving workforce and enhance transportation options
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 @ 2:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina leaders are projecting shortages in direct care workers, nurses and other caregiving positions in the coming decade. At the same time, demand for these services is rising.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a Spanish-language Cafecito and tele-town hall on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss the following:
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 8:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss the following:
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On August 26, 1920, after decades of hard-fought advocacy, women won the right to vote, and our Nation moved one step closer to living out our sacred ideal that all people are created equal.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 12:33 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Joe Biden debuted an updated version of his “Build Back Better” spending plan, this time scaled back from the $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” plan proposed months ago, in hopes that a fractured Democratic party can unite behind both this and the bipartisan physical infrastructure bill
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, August 3, 2021
Published: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 @ 3:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, May 7, 2021
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We owe it not only to those who have put in a lifetime of work, but to the next generation of workers who have only known an America of rising inequality and shrinking opportunity.
Published: Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There are now 3.7 million fewer women working than there were in February 2020, in large part because of the pandemic, eroding more than 30 years of progress in women’s labor force participation.
Published: Sunday, April 25th, 2021 @ 8:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing By Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 15, 2021
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 1:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 12:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 29, 2021
Published: Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 @ 8:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The converging crises our nation faces today have exposed and exacerbated inequities that have long been with us.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 12:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gender equality is not only a moral issue.
Published: Friday, March 19th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Advancing gender equity and equality is a matter of human rights, justice, and fairness.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 9:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Policy recommendations address health and safety, economy and education, and civic and political life
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Katherine Watts Swanner Adams, age 93, died Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
Published: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Announcements
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Gov. Roy Cooper encourages everyone to get a test for COVID-19, especially people who attended mass gatherings or protests.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, more Americans are working than ever before. Virtually every demographic is achieving historic low unemployment rates.
Published: Friday, December 13th, 2019 @ 11:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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To support healthy families and strengthen our economy, Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 95, extending paid parental leave to state employees in cabinet agencies.
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would, for the first time, create a public health infrastructure across the country to combat Alzheimer's disease and preserve brain health was signed into law by President Trump.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2019 @ 1:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the unanimous passage of the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act, bipartisan legislation that would, for the first time, create a public health infrastructure across the country to combat Alzheimer's disease
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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On January 22, 2018, Donald Trump signed H.R. 195, and H.R. 3759 into law
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If government gives you a cash handout or a "free" service and you are capable of working, studying, or providing service to the community in exchange for your public assistance, should you be obligated to do so?
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a free society, employers and employees voluntarily agree to the terms of their relationship. Unfortunately, government has for generations forcibly inserted itself into that relationship with various mandates and restrictions. Minimum wage laws, workplace requirements, and mandatory government u
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 @ 4:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures. Yet in a January decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of an officer's decision to stop a car even though he didn't suspect the driver of any wrongdoing. The court...
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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