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No progress for poor areas despite years of NC tier...

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2025/10/28

When economic developers from Anson County pitch their community to prospective businesses, they advertise its railroad access, its proximity to Charlotte, its airport and its available industrial sites. What they don’t mention is Anson County’s official tier designation as one of North Carolina’s most economically distressed counties — a cloud that’s been hanging over county […]

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Racial health disparities could widen as states...

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2025/10/28

Racial health disparities may widen as states, universities and nonprofits grapple with federal funding cuts to programs that were aimed at filling gaps in care, public health experts say. As part of its federal restructuring and crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Trump administration has been shuttering federal offices and rescinding grants […]

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NC officials warn federal food aid programs will be...

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2025/10/28

Food banks in North Carolina are bracing for a surge in demand as federal nutrition benefits begin to run dry on Friday. SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, helps feed about 1.4 million North Carolinians each month. The federal government shutdown means benefits for November are suspended. On Monday, the state Department of Health […]

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Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head...

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2025/10/27

WASHINGTON — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico […]

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NC Board of Education hires outside firm to review...

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2025/10/27

The North Carolina State Board of Education on Monday approved a contract with the accounting firm Mauldin & Jenkins LLC to review Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ financial practices, after the district reported a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall earlier this year. The contract, valued at $97,770, calls for Mauldin & Jenkins LLC to examine how the district authorizes […]

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Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies...

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2025/10/27

WASHINGTON — The stakes of the ongoing government shutdown rose Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture doubled down on its position that food benefits for November could not be paid and a union for federal workers implored lawmakers to pass a stopgap measure. As the government shutdown entered day 27, President Donald Trump’s administration […]

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NC gets $4M from feds for workforce training and...

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2025/10/27

North Carolina counties hit by Hurricane Helene last year will get $4 million in new money from the federal government for temporary jobs and workforce training, Gov. Josh Stein announced Friday. The grant funds, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, represent the rest of a $10 million award designed to employ displaced workers to […]

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In a small Alabama town, a dentist weighs whether to...

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2025/10/25

FLORENCE, Ala. — Sometimes, in a quiet moment between appointments, Dr. Carson Cruise runs the financial numbers through his head. They make a cold but compelling case: If he dropped all of the Medicaid patients from his small-town pediatric dental practice, he could make the same money while working far fewer hours. Cruise, 36, owns […]

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Social Security payments to rise 2.8%, a tick below...

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2025/10/24

The 75 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits will see a 2.8% increase in payments next year, the Social Security Administration said Friday. The cost-of-living adjustment is just below the inflation rate of 3% announced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, also on Friday. The adjustment is lower than the average over the past decade, but […]

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Former EPA chiefs urge state partnerships, innovation...

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2025/10/24

Former EPA Administrators William Reilly and Michael Regan discussed finding climate solutions with students at Duke University.

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Food, tobacco and alcohol labels should be easy to...

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2025/10/24

A UNC researcher says the United States has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to informing consumers about the potential health risks of products they’re buying. Depictions of smoking-related health problems, including images of rotting teeth and tumors, are printed on cigarette packs sold in Canada. And inside, explicit health warnings […]

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Voters file challenge to new NC redistricting plan as...

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2025/10/24

The first legal challenge to North Carolina’s new congressional district lines came quickly. One day after the legislature approved a plan to change the 1st Congressional District from purple to red, voters have already told federal judges they want to contest it. The 1st District is already part of an unresolved lawsuit over racial gerrymandering. […]

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Civil rights groups vow challenge to North Carolina’s...

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2025/10/23

Civil rights attorneys announced plans Thursday to challenge North Carolina’s newly drawn congressional districts, arguing the Republican-led map is designed to weaken Black voting power in the state’s northeast. Lawyers with the nonprofit firm Forward Justice, speaking at a press conference in front of the General Assembly building in Raleigh, said they will file a […]

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Trump press secretary defends White House ballroom...

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2025/10/23

WASHINGTON — Workers this week demolished the East Wing of the White House, originally built in 1942, to make room for construction of a ballroom that President Donald Trump had said wouldn’t impact the building. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the roughly $300 million project during a Thursday briefing, saying it is the […]

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US Senate fails to move ahead on bills extending pay...

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2025/10/23

WASHINGTON — The Senate Thursday failed to advance a Republican measure and rejected unanimous agreements on two related bills from Democrats that would have paid federal employees and contractors who have continued to work amid the government shutdown, which entered day 23. The stalemate constituted the latest example of how dug in to their arguments […]

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NC hospitals provided $7.4B in benefits last year,...

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2025/10/23

As North Carolina hospitals bear the impact of lost Medicaid funding at the state and federal levels, a report from the North Carolina Healthcare Association shows they provided $7.4 billion in benefits to their communities in 2024. Released by the state hospital advocacy group on Wednesday, the report shows that North Carolina hospitals provided $417 […]

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Education Department layoffs illegally burden...

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2025/10/23

WASHINGTON — Proposed mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education have raised alarm among disability advocates and Democratic lawmakers over the potential impact on millions of students with disabilities. Advocates warn that the department cannot carry out its legally mandated functions for special education services and support at the staffing levels put forward by President […]

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NC lawmakers, still at impasse, leave town with new...

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2025/10/22

On their way out of Raleigh, after two days of fierce debate on a new North Carolina congressional map, lawmakers in the state House unveiled and debated three proposals addressing longstanding budget and funding issues. The bills were approved and sent to the Senate, where they will likely sit untouched for weeks as a four-month […]

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NC congressional map giving GOP 11 of 14 seats wins...

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2025/10/22

New congressional district boundaries in eastern North Carolina counties received final legislative approval Wednesday, a week after the public first saw the new map. State Republicans drew the plan at the behest of President Donald Trump. It seeks to make what is now the state’s only toss-up district unwinnable for a Democrat, bringing the state’s […]

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Congresswoman Ross urges action for NC families as...

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2025/10/22

NCDHHS does not currently have funding to continue WIC benefits past early November, according to Gov. Josh Stein.

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