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NC lawmakers approve sports and horse-race gambling, bill now heading to governor

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly finalized legislation Wednesday to authorize statewide and regulate sports and horse-race wagering, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:55 pm

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Gun violence epidemic ‘locking us back in our room’

By Owen Racer KFF Health News NEW ORLEANS — Erin Brown recalls all too well the dreadful call he received from his mother in 2021, ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:00 am

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NC legislature approves limits on politics, race discussion in state workplaces

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH — The promotion of certain beliefs that some North Carolina lawmakers have likened to “critical race theory” ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 11:56 pm

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North Carolina Democrats seek election, campaign changes after lawmaker switches to GOP

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina state legislators who change party registrations midterm could be subject to an early election to keep the seat, according to ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 11:55 pm

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Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

By Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 2, 2023 11:55 pm

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No longer Fort Bragg: Fort Liberty becomes Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 2, 2023 3:13 pm

Health

Mood-altering mushroom sales bloom despite safety concerns

By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times KFF Health News TAMPA, Fla. — When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, June 2, 2023 12:00 am

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Sports gambling in North Carolina a better bet with likely final votes next week

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Legalized sports gambling starting next year in North Carolina now seems a better bet as the state ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, June 1, 2023 11:55 pm

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Toyota to invest $2.1 billion more in N.C. battery plant, will build big SUV at factory in Kentucky

By Tom Krisher and Bruce Schreiner Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 11:55 pm

Health

Many living in ‘diabetes belt’ plagued with medical debt

By Robert Benincasa and Nick McMillan NPR and KFF Health News Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 12:00 am

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NC senator pushing medical marijuana bill describes smoking pot during cancer fight

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly’s chief advocate for legalizing medical marijuana in the state revealed publicly on ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 11:55 pm

Health

Denials of health insurance claims rising, getting weirder

By Elisabeth Rosenthal KFF Health News Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health care insurance claim ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 12:00 am

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Panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable, but choice will be tricky

By Markian Hawryluk KFF Health News Catherine Reitzel’s multiple sclerosis medication costs nearly $100,000 a year. Kris Garcia relies on a drug for a blood-clotting ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 26, 2023 12:00 am

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Abortion bans driving off doctors, closing clinics

By Julie Rovner KFF Health News The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:00 am

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A striking gap between deaths of Black, white babies plagues the South

By Lauren Sausser KFF Health News BAMBERG, S.C. — Years before the Bamberg County Hospital closed in 2012, and the next-closest hospital in neighboring Barnwell ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 12:00 am

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Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota, North Carolina

By Arielle Zionts KFF Health News Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 19, 2023 12:00 am

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Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto

RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 9:38 pm

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NC Senate gives initial approval to state government budget proposal

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH  (AP) — A state government budget proposal from North Carolina Senate Republicans received initial approval in their chamber ... Read more

by News Service Report, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 8:41 pm

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NC GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:17 pm

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NC Senate unveils state budget with deeper tax cuts, lower raises than House proposal

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans revealed their proposed two-year state government budget proposal Monday, one that would ... Read more

by News Service Report, Monday, May 15, 2023 8:30 pm

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Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 3:50 pm

Health

Can a fetus be an employee? States testing boundaries of personhood

By Bram Sable-Smith KFF Health News CLAYTON, Mo. — Kaitlyn Anderson was six months pregnant when a driver killed her and a Missouri Department of Transportation ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, May 7, 2023 12:00 am

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NC driver license requirements for youths changing

RALEIGH — The mandatory supervised driving period in North Carolina for young people before they can drive by themselves will be scaled back permanently after ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 5, 2023 11:55 pm

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NC lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban; governor vows veto

RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved and sent to the governor a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, May 5, 2023 11:55 pm

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NC Republicans unveil new abortion restrictions

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday there’s agreement in the GOP-dominated ... Read more

by News Service Report, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9:01 pm

Health

Expectant mom needed $15,000 overnight to save her twins

By Renuka Rayasam KFF Health News It was Labor Day weekend 2021 when Sara Walsh, who was 24 weeks pregnant with twins, began to experience ... Read more

by News Service Report, Sunday, April 30, 2023 12:00 am

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NC Supreme Court hands GOP big wins with election rulings

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out ... Read more

by News Service Report, Friday, April 28, 2023 5:37 pm

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Governor names State Capitol Police chief as choice to lead SBI

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that the head of the police agency that patrols and investigates crimes on Raleigh-area state ... Read more

by News Service Report, Thursday, April 27, 2023 7:35 pm

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