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Small towns are having a hard time getting healthcare. A new program offers loan repayments for rural NC doctors.
North Carolina’s new loan repayment initiative aims to attract and retain primary care physicians in rural areas. North Carolina is taking bold steps to address the critical shortage of healthcare providers in its rural communities, which serve nearly one-third of the state’s population. Through its new loan repayment initiative, the state aims to attract and…
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Opinion: N.C. can’t let sore loser candidates undermine our democracy
People who care about democracy breathed a sigh of relief when a federal judge put a stop to this in early May, ordering the state to certify the rightful winner of the election, Justice Riggs.
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With the penny going away, what should you do with the ones in your coin jar?
The typical household is sitting on $60 to $90 in neglected coins, enough to fill one or two pint-size beer mugs, according to the Federal Reserve. Americans throw away millions of dollars in coins like the penny every year, literally treating them like trash.
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‘We ought to do what we promise’: A Veteran forum on care, democracy, and cost of inaction
At Cardinal & Pine’s first live event, North Carolina veterans, families, and lawmakers warned that proposed cuts to VA care—and attacks on democracy—threaten those who’ve already sacrificed the most.
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How community care is keeping North Carolinians out of prison—for good
After six prison sentences, Bobby Harrington found healing through a North Carolina nonprofit offering free mental health care to the formerly incarcerated.
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Opinion: How higher ed can champion and support young voters
Yet the very fact that a near-record number of young people participated in the most recent election is proof positive that young people need and deserve investment in their civic education, which translates directly into the overall strength of our democracy.
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North Carolina House budget has big pay increase for new teachers, modest state employee raises
After the North Carolina House passes its budget, House and Senate negotiators will meet to reconcile their differences, including differences over how to compensate state employees.
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Cardinal & Pine hosts ‘Voices for Veterans’ event to highlight the devastating effects of proposed VA cuts
In a panel discussion, veterans, doctors, nurses, and advocates will tell their stories, and call attention to the fatal consequences significant cuts would mean for veterans and military families.
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Opinion: It’s hard enough to afford college. Now Republicans want to make it impossible.
A new bill would limit financial aid, make it more difficult to get, and close off poor, rural areas from a better future, a data science student at North Carolina A&T State University writes.
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The nation’s oldest and largest Indigenous sorority is bracing for DEI orders
This story was originally reported by Alexis Wray of The 19th. Meet Alexis and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Felicia Warwick grew up in Pembroke, North Carolina, seeing red jackets with green and yellow Greek letters stitched alongside the zipper. When she saw women wearing them, she knew they had…
