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NC Policy Watch
- ‘The unthinkable has happened.’ 2 killed, nine injured in mass shooting on Brown University campus
PROVIDENCE — The two people killed and eight others wounded in a mass shooting in a Brown University engineering and physics building late Saturday afternoon were all students, authorities said at a second press conference Saturday night. The number of victims also increased to nine with the news that another person received non-threatening injuries from
- An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month. But, rather than the convicted criminals the administration has said it’s focused on, an ever-larger share of those arrests were for solely immigration violations. In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same
- Child advocates push for state law to keep THC away from kids, despite a coming federal ban
Even with a new federal law set to ban intoxicating hemp products next year, the North Carolina task force focused on reducing child death and injury is renewing its call for a state law to prevent people younger than 21 from purchasing edibles. The state has come close to making it illegal to sell gummies,
- As more NC juveniles face charges, lawmakers confront the need for more resources
North Carolina legislators ready to close the book on 2025 and begin the holidays received a sobering reminder of how much work awaits when they return in the new year. Billy Lassiter, deputy secretary with the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, told members of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public
- The forever chemical TFA could cause irreversible harm. In Eastern North Carolina, it’s everywhere.
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Forever War, Part 2: This story is published in partnership with WHQR, a nonprofit radio station and NPR affiliate in Wilmington. It is the second in a series of
North Carolina Health News
- To control costs, State Health Plan leaders look to invest in members’ health
By Rose Hoban North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner has made waves during his first year in office among state employees, who will see a sharp uptick in their health insurance premiums starting next month. Briner says the increase is necessary to address a shortfall in the North Carolina State Health Plan he found when he The post To control costs, State Health Plan leaders look to invest in members’ health appeared first on North Carolina Health News.
- Legal aid groups feel pinch of NC legislature freezing millions of dollars
By Lucas Tomae Carolina Public Press Civil legal aid organizations, which provide tens of thousands of North Carolinians with free legal services each year, have been forced to close offices and reduce client intake after the state legislature froze millions of dollars in grant funding to them earlier this year. A small provision in a public The post Legal aid groups feel pinch of NC legislature freezing millions of dollars appeared first on North Carolina Health News.
Carolina Public Press
- AdventHealth: High Court won’t hear key appeal on new Buncombe hospital
Supreme Court refusal to hear HCA appeal of main certificate of need for new Buncombe hospital, may allow AdventHealth to start building. AdventHealth: High Court won’t hear key appeal on new Buncombe hospital is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
- New GOP-controlled local election boards reject early voting sites on some NC college campuses
Newly GOP-controlled election boards in Jackson, Cumberland and Guilford counties weigh changes related to campus early voting sites. New GOP-controlled local election boards reject early voting sites on some NC college campuses is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
- Governor reverses Medicaid cuts. Whether and when lawmakers will act to fix funding shortfall is unclear.
NC cuts to Medicaid reimbursements designed to shore up funding faced court challenges that made them unworkable. Funding still unresolved. Governor reverses Medicaid cuts. Whether and when lawmakers will act to fix funding shortfall is unclear. is a story from Carolina Public Press, an award-winning independent newsroom. Our breakthrough journalism shines a light on the critical overlooked and under-reported issues facing North Carolina’s more than 11 million residents. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.