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North Carolina Lawmakers Eye Path to Long-Awaited Medicaid Expansion
A new state legislative committee is raising hopes that North Carolina could expand healthcare options or its Medicaid program this year.
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Child Poverty Soars After GOP, Manchin Block Child Tax Credit Payments
It’s exactly what non-partisan groups warned would happen if Congress allowed the expansion to expire.
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Gov. Roy Cooper Urges End to Most North Carolina Mask Mandates
Cooper joins several other Democratic governors who’ve eased COVID restrictions, but many health experts warn it may be too soon.
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Let’s Make Sure These Chapters of NC’s Black History Aren’t Forgotten
It’s Black History Month in North Carolina, and many of our state’s most significant moments are still seriously overlooked.
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‘Are They Trying to Get All HBCUs?’: Students, Families React to Bomb Threats at NC’s HBCUs
The FBI is investigating more than 20 bomb threats against HBCUs as racially-motivated hate crimes. Fayetteville State and Winston Salem State in NC were among the latest to receive threats.
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As Biden Preps State of the Union, Women’s Health Leaders Decry State of Abortion Rights
More than 120 groups, including organizations in North Carolina, urged Biden and Democrats to aggressively pursue federal protections with US Supreme Court considering Texas anti-abortion law.
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Vulnerable People May Need Up to Four Vaccine Doses, CDC Says
For the 3% of people considered immunocompromised, new guidance suggests getting to four COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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Help Is on the Way for 4 NC Superfund Sites
The EPA will use federal Infrastructure funds to clean up four areas in the state contaminated by industrial pollutants.
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SC Judge Could Be the First Black Woman on the Supreme Court. Her Labor Record Has Sparked Concerns.
South Carolina Judge J. Michelle Childs has a chance at the US Supreme Court, but labor and discrimination cases may cloud her shot.
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A Day After Calling Masks ‘Useless’ (They’re Not), NC House Speaker Tim Moore Promises Anti-Masking Legislation
Omicron cases are falling, but North Carolina is still reporting more than 10,000 cases a day and dozens of deaths.
