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DURHAM — At Kate’s Korner, the day begins early – children arriving, classroom doors opening, small voices calling for teachers, parents saying quick goodbyes before heading to work. For the childcare center’s staff, the morning comes with one less worry: they don’t have to figure out how to pay for care for their own children. […]
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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One month before early in-person voting begins in North Carolina, civil rights leader and Repairers of the Breach President Bishop William Barber said voters should not fall victim to the confusion surrounding voting in the midterms. The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the president’s executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of […]
Jackson argued the separate class would prevent data centers from shifting energy costs to residential consumers.
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