Michael Praats

1 month ago | wsoctv.com | Michael Praats

Trails Carolina, the Wilderness therapy camp in western North Carolina that shut down last year following the death of a 12-year-old boy, faces new legal troubles. A former resident of the camp says she was sent to the camp when she was 12 years old and was sexually assaulted multiple times by a staff member. The girl, known only as Kylee in the lawsuit, claims that after she attempted to run away, she was placed under heavy surveillance.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Michael Praats

Trails Carolina, the Wilderness therapy camp in western North Carolina that shut down last year following the death of a 12-year-old boy, faces new legal troubles. Shuttered wilderness therapy camp in western N.C. faces new lawsuitsA former resident of the camp says she was sent to the camp when she was 12 years old and was sexually assaulted multiple times by a staff member.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Michael Praats

A proposed bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would prohibit state agencies from enacting any Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs and discontinuing any programs that exist already relying on state funds. Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal moneyThe bill prohibits the use of any public funds for DEI initiatives in governmental agencies and private entities, such as nonprofits that receive state funding.

2 months ago | wsoctv.com | Michael Praats

ExpandNorth Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh RALEIGH — A proposed bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would prohibit state agencies from enacting any Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs and discontinuing any programs that exist already relying on state funds. The bill prohibits the use of any public funds for DEI initiatives in governmental agencies and private entities, such as nonprofits that receive state funding.

2 months ago | wsoctv.com | Michael Praats

CHARLOTTE — Samaritan’s Purse, the international-aid nonprofit based in Boone, N.C., is one of the largest recipients of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in North Carolina. As President Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s newly created Department of Governmental Efficiency vowed to dismantle USAID, funding for Samaritan’s Purse and organizations like it are in question.