Not many couples want to pattern their marriage after the book of Job But Jeff and Sarah Walton hit time and again with heart-crushing circumstances began to find great comfort and wisdom in those pages Soon after Sarah gave birth to their first child their infant son came down with an infection Together they leaned on the Lord to help them Later their son started exhibiting strange and erratic behavior and no amount of discipline seemed to help As years went by and their family expanded to a family of six Sarah began to battle Lyme disease Hear what they've [... more]

New research from Duke University scholars questions Medicaid's value for the people the health care program was designed to help The research arrives as the N C General Assembly and Gov Roy Cooper continue to bicker over Cooper's proposal to expand Medicaid to several hundred thousand more people in the state Jordan Roberts John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst assesses the new research and its potential impact The latest U S Supreme Court term yielded several important rulings including two with direct impacts on N C congressional elections and the state Revenue Department's taxing authority Ilya Shapiro director of [... more]