Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The North Carolina Supreme Court building, pictured on June 2, 2026. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline) As Democratic lawmakers ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After funds for grants that help low-income North Carolinians with legal services were frozen in July by the state legislature, Legal Aid NC has begun closing offices across the ...

Legal Aid of North Carolina has shut down a second office in one of the state's poorest counties in response to a freeze on more than $6 million in grant assistance the nonprofit gets from the North ...

ASHEVILLE - A provision in the North Carolina state budget, signed into law by Gov. Josh Stein July 7, guts vital funding for organizations that provide civil legal aid in North Carolina, leaders from ...

With the demand for legal services rising in recent years, Legal Aid of North Carolina reached an inflection point. Even as a relatively large statewide organization with about 400 employees deployed ...

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North Carolina's new state budget cuts and restricts funding for Legal Aid. The budget diverts money from a program that has historically funded Legal Aid, to public defender offices. Last year's ...

Due to the statewide freeze on a key source of its funding, Legal Aid of North Carolina, the state’s largest nonprofit law firm, announced Tuesday that it is closing its Rocky Mount office. A ...

CHARLOTTE — Money helping to provide free legal services in North Carolina is now frozen and causing a ripple effect in and out of court. Corinne Wiggins is a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army. She has ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina is now the only state in the country that doesn’t participate in a ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget calls for eliminating the ...