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The General Assembly did not violate the constitution when it transferred Board of Elections appointments from the governor to the state auditor, a split Appeals Court panel decided. The legislature passed a controversial law after the 2024 election transferring Board of Elections appointment power to newly elected Republican state Auditor Dave Boliek, taking that power […]
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One in six North Carolina counties is a maternity care desert, with no birthing facilities or obstetric clinicians, according to a new report from the March of Dimes. About 61,000 women ages 18 to 44 live in maternity care deserts, and 4,000 babies are born each year to mothers who live in maternity care deserts. […]
A federal judge on Monday ended nearly 14 years of court oversight of North Carolina’s program to help people with serious mental illness move from institutional settings into community housing. U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III approved a request from North Carolina and the U.S. Justice Department to end the 2012 settlement. The program, […]
The third time was a charm for Brooke Jackson. The mother of three finally completed self-improvement programs at StepUp Ministry that she first began in 2023, but dropped out of twice. “Things went well for a while until life showed up and I had to separate from the program,” Jackson said, referring to the first […]
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