Community Partners Executive Director to retire: Seacoast health news

Linda Rider

Neighborhood Companions Executive Director, Brian Collins, to retire DOVER — Wayne Goss, Neighborhood Associates Board President, has declared that Brian Collins has determined to retire immediately after serving 27 a long time as the agency’s Executive Director. Local community Companions is Strafford County’s Space Agency for Developmental Companies, Relatives Guidance […]

Reproductive rights for people with disabilities in NC

Linda Rider

By Elizabeth Thompson As the reproductive rights of people under guardianship came into the national spotlight with the #FreeBritney movement, disability advocates in North Carolina say people with disabilities in this state could easily face similar threats to their rights. In the case of pop star Britney Spears, she was […]

Is this the year NC gets Medicaid expansion?

Linda Rider

By Anne Blythe The state Legislative Building designed by architect Edward Durell Stone almost 60 years ago has a maze of hallways where lawmakers often buttonhole each other for private discussions about contentious public issues. Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Winston-Salem) is one of those lawmakers who has been taken aside recently […]