The Trump administration is moving forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to restrict legal immigration, denying green cards to many migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance, officials said announced Monday.

It's been almost a month since a new state budget was supposed to take effect, but a battle over Medicaid is stalling the spending plan.

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore joined a group of bi-partisan lawmakers at Fort Fisher Aquarium to discuss the tabled state budget. 

The fight continues over the North Carolina state budget. It's been 15 days since democratic Governor Roy Cooper made a counter-offer to the two-year plan written by republicans, and still no action has been taken.

Governor Roy Cooper says there is a rural health care crisis right now.

The fight over the North Carolina state budget continues as Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper made a counteroffer to the two-year plan written by Republicans that he's already vetoed.

Governor Roy Cooper met with childcare teachers at Noah’s Ark Children’s Center in Wilmington. Teachers shared that too many of their colleagues are suffering from preventable diseases because they do not have access to health insurance. 

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper used a round-table discussion with rural hospital executives Wednesday to raise pressure on Republican lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to more uninsured adults.

Cooper unveiled a two-year spending plan on Wednesday in which state government would spend 5.4 percent more next year compared to this year.