Legislation would require retirement communities to increase their financial reporting and transparency — new rules experts say are long overdue ...

He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...

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Critics warn against sweeping budget cuts that threaten jobs, clean energy and scientific progress. They fear lax regulatory ...

EPA studies have confirmed that clean air regulations improve air quality over time. Other studies have shown that the health ...

One in 10 older adults across the country reported experiencing some form of abuse during the previous year, new report shows ...

Lawmakers approved millions for computer software to track child welfare cases in 2015, but there’s still little to show for it.

The bipartisan task force will release an interim report in June, Stein said, along with a more robust report by the end of the year.

Increased demand for medical, mental health and substance use treatment strains the prison system as incarcerated population grows older.

Prostate cancer was the second leading cause of cancer deaths in North Carolina men in 2021; the bill aims to lower those rates.