In just seven years, demographers say, North Carolina will have more residents who are 65 and older than younger than 18.

The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.

A consent order in a Disability Rights NC lawsuit against DHHS could increase community-based services access for people with disabilities.

The state of South Carolina is trying to unravel a mystery. Just where did $1.8 billion that’s sitting in a state account come from? And where should the money go? South Carolina Public Radio's Maayan Schechter has been following this story and joined us on Morning Edition to talk about it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says his administration is working on emergency legislation. Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total abortion ban could take effect.

The prosecution is arguing that Donald Trump wanted to keep information out of the public fearing that it would turn off voters in 2016. The defense argues Trump did nothing illegal.

On the next Charlotte Talks, a conversation with three of the nine members of the Mecklenburg County Commission — about the challenges they face and their goals and priorities.

Dan Bishop and Jeff Jackson are running for North Carolina attorney general.

When Drew Kromer became chair of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party last year, he had ambitious goals. Kromer found an unlikely benefactor: Jeff Blum, a 77-year-old New Yorker with Massachusetts ties who is a longtime Democratic Party organizer.

Picture this scenario: You’ve lost a loved one and inherited that person’s home. But while you are still grieving the loss, you’re informed the state is seizing that property you just inherited. It can happen if your loved one was on Medicaid, as one Charlotte family found out — the hard way.