Paige Masten

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Paige Masten

House Republicans listen during a press conference about their budget bill at the Legislative Building on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. The News & Observer When North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) officially launched in 2022, it sought to answer a simple, but ambitious, question: Would using Medicaid to address socioeconomic disparities improve people's health?

3 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Paige Masten

Charlotte Mayor Vi Alexander Lyles leaves the pulpit after addressing the recently reported settlement where the current city council and mayor praised the police chief and offered little information on the closed doors settlement in Charlotte, NC. The Charlotte City Council members watch on in support of the Mayor and Police Chief after defending remarks made by their colleague City Councilwoman at-large Victoria Watlington in the press.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Paige Masten

Immigration officials detained a man in east Charlotte as he was taking his son to school Monday morning. The principal of Charlotte East Language Academy confirmed in a message to families that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was present near the school’s drop-off line, and witnesses reported that the man was taken into custody. We should be outraged. Abruptly separating people from their families, as ICE has been doing across the country for months, is cruel and traumatizing enough.

4 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Paige Masten

Charlotte Mayor Vi Alexander Lyles leaves the pulpit after addressing the recently reported settlement where the current city council and mayor praised the police chief and offered little information on the closed doors settlement in Charlotte, NC. The Charlotte City Council members watch on in support of the Mayor and Police Chief after defending remarks made by their colleague City Councilwoman at-large Victoria Watlington in the press.

1 month ago | charlotteobserver.com | Paige Masten

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) listens to testimony at the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing to examine Wall Street firms on Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington, D.C. USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is finally standing up to one of Donald Trump's nominees. He said Tuesday that he told the White House he would oppose the nomination of right-wing activist Ed Martin as the top U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C..