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Read the official alertReporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Remnants of Hurricane Isaias, killer of four in the Deep South since arrival as a Category 2 hurricane near Destin, Fla., on Friday, moved through the Carolinas on Sunday sending rivers over their banks in the mountains and spawning tornadoes in the Coastal Plains.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Super political action committees may have redirected funds from the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Michael Whatley, but his top supporter is not wavering.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Whether the Sept. 29 executive order of second-term President Donald Trump related to computer systems, software and processes that can emulate aspects of human work and cognition changes vocabulary beyond his administration will be told with time.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Polling deficits, disapproval of the president, and recent shifts in campaign strategy by super PACs are evolving a dynamic that further favors Democrat Roy Cooper over Republican Michael Whatley in North Carolina’s election for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – North Carolinians and others filling up at the state’s pumps for gasoline and diesel fuel are getting a break on the 41 cents per gallon tax.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Expanded access to the tax-exempt, red-dyed diesel fuel on the federal and North Carolina level has drawn praise for even the smallest of savings and criticism for barely easing diesel fuel prices that have climbed 72.1% in the state and 71.1% nationally in the last year.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Money in the pockets of voters, no matter how phrased, remains the prevailing issue of importance for North Carolina voters, a poll released Thursday confirms.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Financial control of two small North Carolina communities, an extraordinary step in a process of meetings, notices and warnings beforehand, has been taken by the Local Government Commission.
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(The Center Square) – Nearly 750,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, lawmakers active and retired, and members of higher education on Tuesday learned Atrium Health’s Affordability Protection Program would help provide the lowest copays and overall cost-share at Atrium Health facilities for State Health Plan members.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Gasoline and diesel fuel prices are poised to drop for North Carolinians following a special extra session of the General Assembly on Wednesday that passed legislation pausing 41 cents per gallon taxes on the two commodities.
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